ready to give up

[nowhere1]

i dont have xp but I hope SOMEONE can help me anyway...A ctually my problems are....I don't know what they are !! I am trying to run my defrag prog. but it wont, it stops at 2% I tried the scan thing and it wont go past 3 little squares. What I would really like to do is run my recovery disc, BUT!! my comp. doesn't think there is anything in there it wont read ANY discs. So.... can anybody help me?? keep in mind I'm not exactly comp. savy!! otherwise I guess I wouldn't have all these problems! I hope I can find my way back here!

[Don MI]

"nowhere1" > wrote in message
...
>
> i dont have xp but I hope SOMEONE can help me anyway...A ctually my
> problems are....I don't know what they are !! I am trying to run my
> defrag prog. but it wont, it stops at 2% I tried the scan thing and it
> wont go past 3 little squares. What I would really like to do is run my
> recovery disc, BUT!! my comp. doesn't think there is anything in there
> it wont read ANY discs. So.... can anybody help me?? keep in mind I'm
> not exactly comp. savy!! otherwise I guess I wouldn't have all these
> problems! I hope I can find my way back here!
>
>
> --
> nowhere1
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> posted via www.PCBanter.net

If you find your way back here, the first thing your should do is establish
a news account at: msnews.microsoft.com. If you are using Outlook Epress 6,
go to Tools, Accounts, News tab. Click on Add and follow directions, just
do not use you actual email address. Any email addresss will do {make up
one}. Using an actual email address is an RSVP for SPAM. When you have the
account established, you can click on the Newsgroup icon and scroll the news
groups and select one for your version of Windows. To speed the search try
entering - microsoft.public.windows - in the search box.

For your defragment problem try booting to Safe mode and defraging there.
If your hard drive is very fragmented or nearly fill, the process can take a
long time, so try waiting. Try Scan disk in Safe Mode also.

As for your recovey floppies. When you try to boot with them, if your
system goes directly to your hard drive, then it is likely that your BIOS is
set to book from the C drive first. If so, you need to go into BIOS Setup
{System Setup} and change your boot order to A, C so you computer tries to
boot from the floppy drive first. To get into setup, you need to press a
key as your system boots. Which key varies with you BIOS manufacturer {F1,
Del are commone}. Usually when your system boots you will see a message
like Press ____ for Setup. Your manual or your computer support should be
able to tell which key.

When you get to the newsgroup for your version of Windows, try to be more
specfic.

Don

[Andrew E.]

First use the disk-cleanup utility,for defrag,open cmd prompt,or go
to run,type:cmd In cmd type:Defrag C:

"nowhere1" wrote:

>
> i dont have xp but I hope SOMEONE can help me anyway...A ctually my
> problems are....I don't know what they are !! I am trying to run my
> defrag prog. but it wont, it stops at 2% I tried the scan thing and it
> wont go past 3 little squares. What I would really like to do is run my
> recovery disc, BUT!! my comp. doesn't think there is anything in there
> it wont read ANY discs. So.... can anybody help me?? keep in mind I'm
> not exactly comp. savy!! otherwise I guess I wouldn't have all these
> problems! I hope I can find my way back here!
>
>
> --
> nowhere1
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> posted via www.PCBanter.net
>
>

[Don MI]

Since the OP stated that the OP's Windows version is not XP and since the OP
refered to scan{disk}, I assume that the OP has Windows 9x/ME. These
vesions of Windows do not have a cleanup utiltity like the one in XP.

Don

[Dantheman]

Xref: newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:138840

If scandisk and defrag both stop at a couple of percent you may have some physical damage on your hard drive. This is one possibility to consider.
Regards

Dan

"Don MI <>" wrote:

> Since the OP stated that the OP's Windows version is not XP and since the OP
> refered to scan{disk}, I assume that the OP has Windows 9x/ME. These
> vesions of Windows do not have a cleanup utiltity like the one in XP.
>
> Don
>
>
>

[mike gee]

You should have eventually seen a message of some kind to indicate what is
wrong - like some other program running.
Are you sure you've closed everything else down before you scan?

[Don MI]

"nowhere1" > wrote in message
...
>
> i dont have xp but I hope SOMEONE can help me anyway...A ctually my
> problems are....I don't know what they are !! I am trying to run my
> defrag prog. but it wont, it stops at 2% I tried the scan thing and it
> wont go past 3 little squares. What I would really like to do is run my
> recovery disc, BUT!! my comp. doesn't think there is anything in there
> it wont read ANY discs. So.... can anybody help me?? keep in mind I'm
> not exactly comp. savy!! otherwise I guess I wouldn't have all these
> problems! I hope I can find my way back here!
>
>
> --
> nowhere1
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> posted via www.PCBanter.net

If you find your way back here, the first thing your should do is establish
a news account at: msnews.microsoft.com. If you are using Outlook Epress 6,
go to Tools, Accounts, News tab. Click on Add and follow directions, just
do not use you actual email address. Any email addresss will do {make up
one}. Using an actual email address is an RSVP for SPAM. When you have the
account established, you can click on the Newsgroup icon and scroll the news
groups and select one for your version of Windows. To speed the search try
entering - microsoft.public.windows - in the search box.

For your defragment problem try booting to Safe mode and defraging there.
If your hard drive is very fragmented or nearly fill, the process can take a
long time, so try waiting. Try Scan disk in Safe Mode also.

As for your recovey floppies. When you try to boot with them, if your
system goes directly to your hard drive, then it is likely that your BIOS is
set to book from the C drive first. If so, you need to go into BIOS Setup
{System Setup} and change your boot order to A, C so you computer tries to
boot from the floppy drive first. To get into setup, you need to press a
key as your system boots. Which key varies with you BIOS manufacturer {F1,
Del are commone}. Usually when your system boots you will see a message
like Press ____ for Setup. Your manual or your computer support should be
able to tell which key.

When you get to the newsgroup for your version of Windows, try to be more
specfic.

Don