defragmentaion of hard disc

[Mike Shearer]

The 6306 was slowing down so I decided to defragment the drive after 18 months of use. The Operation starts and stops after approx 1% and restarts aver and over. Am I doing something stupid or do I ahve a problem?

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[paul courry]

I am not familiar with the "6306", but as a general rule if something accesses the disk the defrag starts over. Kill all apps including your virus scanner and try again.

[Curt Thompson]

Hello Mike,

Also, stop your screen saver. An active screen saver is an 'app' that will kill a disk defrag.

Good Luck,
Curt