Disk Defragmenter Continuously Loops At 50% Completed

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Disk Defragmenter tool in Windows 95, you receive the message "Starting over, contents have changed" when the process is 50 percent complete. Disk Defragmenter starts over each time it reaches 50 percent complete and the process never finishes.

CAUSE

Norton System Doctor, a utility from Symantec that continually monitors the free space and fragmentation level on the hard disk, is running.

RESOLUTION

Quit Norton System Doctor before you run Disk Defragmenter. Note that this utility may be located in the Startup group so that it starts each time you start your computer. If Norton System Doctor is in the Startup group, remember to quit the utility each time you want to run Disk Defragmenter.

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