Then check the jumpers on what ever you attach back to it. And while you are at it check that the cable(s) are attached correctly. By that I...
Just a question that may or may not be relevant. At anythime during all this changing was the machine shut down ( power OFF ) ? Sometimes...
The idea of partitioning is to keep the OS and other programs separated so that ALL IS NOT LOST if a format of the C: drive is required. With...
If I had read properly I would have seen that we are dealing with a Compaq here. I just checked my BIOS and I have PNP OS = No Reset =...
I have found that leaving that set to NO and resources to manual seems to be better.. It seems to take away the conflicts between the BIOS and...
Another thing that will have some effect on Defrag is the swap file. Unless set to at least a minimum size it may be scattered from one end of...
I tried ScanDisk from the DOS prompt You say DOS prompt. How did you arrive at same ? Did you reboot and use F8 ( or control key to get...
Yep. You guessed correctly. I also went from 98 to ME. Three days later I was right back to 98 SE. Both hardware AND software that were...
Could this be where some ( or all ) of the problem lies ?? Could we be looking at bad CPU Or maybe a heat damaged one. Especially when a 3-4...
That is true. BUT. Every time you change the order or freguency of running programs TaskMon makes change also. All this does is make DEFRAG take...
I gotta make this onw short as my dinner is on the table. But this * COULD * be some of the problems. have not installed any drivers for...
WhitPhil I did not say that I did not like speed disk as I pretty much agree with what you say about the arrangement of files. I just have not...
That is exactly why I stick with MS defrag. Although if for some reason I do move the Swap file I use Norton to put it at the beginning of the...
It also makes a lot of difference on how the HDs are setup Since I stopped loading TaskMonitor It has taken no longer than 60 Seconds to defrag...
These usually represent physical damage to the HD. We need to look at some * POSSIBLE * causes. This can be caused by the HD getting bumped...
Just to add a bit to the reply by WhitPhil Once you get things back in line so the defrag works properly. Stop TaskMonitor from loading at...
BTW. The order of things quite often can have an effect on how things work. I find it best to make sure Directx is installed properly BEFORE...
My Money is on MotherBoard Drivers and/or Video drivers. I had roughly the same problem with XP Pro. I have also had it with Win98 SE when...
Looks like a re-install of Window may be next in line. BillyBob
I do not think it has anything to do with what is running. If error messages were coming up with them then it might be different. But there are...
Separate names with a comma.
