GEODisk

File Type: zip

This program _should_ solve the problem of Windows Defrag and Scandisk continually restarting. This has been a common problem with both Windows 98 and Windows ME. Most of us have seen the symptoms. You start a defrag and then about 15 or 20 percent into the process there is a message that the ´Drive Contents Have Changed´ and then the process restarts. There are various reasons why this happens. One of the most common problems is a lack of available disk space. For example, not a lot of people know that you must have at least 15 percent free space before Windows Defrag will completely defragment a partition. However, it is most frequently caused by anything that attempts to write to the drive during the process, including applications that try to use your Internet connection and anything that causes a write to the Virtual Memory (Swap File).

The general work-arounds in the past have been to:

A) Use Ctrl+Alt+Delete to shut down all running processes.
B) Run Scandisk and Defrag in ´Safe Mode´

The problem with (A) is that not all background processes are ended by C+A+D.

Method (B) brings along it´s own set of problems. Most are minor issues caused by the fact that ´Safe Mode´ only works with a display resolution of 640 x 480 and 16 color. These are generally just annoyances like the desktop icons may shift and have to be re-arranged when you go back to ´Normal Mode´ but they are annoyances which can be avoided by properly shutting down unnecessary background processes in ´Normal Mode´. GEODisk does exactly that for you.


Reported by Fr3m3n


License: Free

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