Computer restarts halfway through defrag

[Andrew]

Well, not even halfway through a defrag. It hits 15% or
so, then restarts on it's own. I'm doing the GUI defrag,
not just typing "defrag C:" into a command prompt.
I have 0 programs running, no internet/network stuff going
on, and was wondering if anyone knows why it does that...
and also why it always ends the defrag with like 30% file
fragmentation (is that even a word?).
Hoping to find a way to knock this down to a respectable
level of defragmentation as well as make my computer not
restart.
Thanks a lot
-Andrew

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Andrew,

Press F8 while booting up your system to access
Window in SAFE MODE. That should allow you
to run your defragmentation without interruptions.

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| Well, not even halfway through a defrag. It hits 15% or
| so, then restarts on it's own. I'm doing the GUI defrag,
| not just typing "defrag C:" into a command prompt.
| I have 0 programs running, no internet/network stuff going
| on, and was wondering if anyone knows why it does that...
| and also why it always ends the defrag with like 30% file
| fragmentation (is that even a word?).
| Hoping to find a way to knock this down to a respectable
| level of defragmentation as well as make my computer not
| restart.
| Thanks a lot
| -Andrew

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Well, not even halfway through a defrag. It hits 15% or
so, then restarts on it's own. I'm doing the GUI defrag,
not just typing "defrag C:" into a command prompt.
I have 0 programs running, no internet/network stuff going
on, and was wondering if anyone knows why it does that...
and also why it always ends the defrag with like 30% file
fragmentation (is that even a word?).
Hoping to find a way to knock this down to a respectable
level of defragmentation as well as make my computer not
restart.
Thanks a lot
-Andrew
.
you must have at least 17% of free space available in

the drive to defrag properly if this is the case try
uninstalling some large memory progs that you can re-
install later

 

[Guest]

Thats it! Thanks a lot.
I have like 10% of space.
Thanks again
-Andrew

 

[Mack]

Hi Andrew

Have you tried defragging in Safe Mode?

Mack