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How do you defragment in safe mode in Windows XP?
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Either open a Windows Explorer window, right click on the drive you want =
to defragment and select Properties, Tools and the Defrag button. Or, open a command prompt window and type in DEFRAG X: where X is the = drive you want to defragment. And last, but not least, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Add Defrag = to Explorer's Context Menu. This will add Defrag to the right click = menu in Windows Explorer. --=20 Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart = Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. =20 "serena1951" wrote in message = ... How do you defragment in safe mode in Windows XP? =20 Edna |
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I know how to defrag, but it takes forever. I was told to defrag in safe
mode and that it is faster. How do you do that. I know you hit F8 when you start up the computer, but what do you do after that? That is where I get lost. "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote: Either open a Windows Explorer window, right click on the drive you want to defragment and select Properties, Tools and the Defrag button. Or, open a command prompt window and type in DEFRAG X: where X is the drive you want to defragment. And last, but not least, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Add Defrag to Explorer's Context Menu. This will add Defrag to the right click menu in Windows Explorer. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "serena1951" wrote in message ... How do you defragment in safe mode in Windows XP? Edna |
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Hi,
How to start in Safe mode: http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Safe%20mode Once in Safe mode, the steps Doug gave you are exactly the same. In WinXP however, there is no real need to do it this way and you will likely not see any significant difference in the amount of time needed. Defragging in safe mode in older Win9x systems was often necessary to minimize interference from other applications. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "serena1951" wrote in message ... I know how to defrag, but it takes forever. I was told to defrag in safe mode and that it is faster. How do you do that. I know you hit F8 when you start up the computer, but what do you do after that? That is where I get lost. "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote: Either open a Windows Explorer window, right click on the drive you want to defragment and select Properties, Tools and the Defrag button. Or, open a command prompt window and type in DEFRAG X: where X is the drive you want to defragment. And last, but not least, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Add Defrag to Explorer's Context Menu. This will add Defrag to the right click menu in Windows Explorer. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "serena1951" wrote in message ... How do you defragment in safe mode in Windows XP? Edna |
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Thanks, I managed to do it.
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote: Hi, How to start in Safe mode: http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Safe%20mode Once in Safe mode, the steps Doug gave you are exactly the same. In WinXP however, there is no real need to do it this way and you will likely not see any significant difference in the amount of time needed. Defragging in safe mode in older Win9x systems was often necessary to minimize interference from other applications. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "serena1951" wrote in message ... I know how to defrag, but it takes forever. I was told to defrag in safe mode and that it is faster. How do you do that. I know you hit F8 when you start up the computer, but what do you do after that? That is where I get lost. "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote: Either open a Windows Explorer window, right click on the drive you want to defragment and select Properties, Tools and the Defrag button. Or, open a command prompt window and type in DEFRAG X: where X is the drive you want to defragment. And last, but not least, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Add Defrag to Explorer's Context Menu. This will add Defrag to the right click menu in Windows Explorer. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "serena1951" wrote in message ... How do you defragment in safe mode in Windows XP? Edna |
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