[Preston]

When i defrag or run Norton Anti-Virus on my XP Pro machine, the system
hangs/ freezes. Can someone tell me what is the problem?

Thxs

[mstout2001]

I need more information. How much ram do you have what is the cpu etc.. and
the OS. Its usuall you have to many tasks running in the back ground, and not
enough memory. try shutting down some stuff running in the back ground then
run your defrag or anti virus
mstout2001

"Preston" wrote:

> When i defrag or run Norton Anti-Virus on my XP Pro machine, the system
> hangs/ freezes. Can someone tell me what is the problem?
>
> Thxs
>
>

[R. C. White]

Hi, Preston.

There may be any of several causes. Hardware? Software? Technique?

The most common cause of apparent hangs/freezes in defrag is trying to
defrag a volume that is in use. Trying to defrag Drive C:, for example,
doesn't usually get very far before Windows updates some file on C: - which
causes defrag to start over. Soon, another file write happens and defrag
starts over again. The only sensible solution to this problem is to tell
defrag to do its job on the next reboot, before all of Windows gets loaded
and starts running - and writing to the HD.

For a better answer, tell us more about your computer and about how the
problems happen. And you probably should tackle the defrag and NAV problems
separately; they may or may not be related. Be sure to tell us which
defragger (WinXP's built-in? or Norton's?) and which version of NAV. Is
your computer a simple one-volume machine, or multi-HD, multi-partitions?
We don't need to know everything, but your description of the problem is so
vague that we really don't know where to begin guessing. :>(

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Preston" <Preston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A81F8E2-20CF-4A45-B771-E1CF0E43DCE9@microsoft.com...
> When i defrag or run Norton Anti-Virus on my XP Pro machine, the system
> hangs/ freezes. Can someone tell me what is the problem?
>
> Thxs

[Preston]

== MEMORY ==
CPU: Intel Pentium III, 1100 MHz, Total RAM: 256MB (BIOS), 255MB (Windows),
Resources: 90 %, Memory slots: 2 total, 1 free (256+0). OS version: Windows
XP 5.1.2600.

As mentioned when defraging the system hangs ever time at 57% completion and
when running NAV it hangs at file C:\1386\ASMS\7000\MSFT\WINDOWS\MSWINCRT. I
have to cold boot the machine for a restart.

"mstout2001" wrote:

> I need more information. How much ram do you have what is the cpu etc.. and
> the OS. Its usuall you have to many tasks running in the back ground, and not
> enough memory. try shutting down some stuff running in the back ground then
> run your defrag or anti virus
> mstout2001
>
> "Preston" wrote:
>
> > When i defrag or run Norton Anti-Virus on my XP Pro machine, the system
> > hangs/ freezes. Can someone tell me what is the problem?
> >
> > Thxs
> >
> >

[Preston]

== DRIVES ==

C:\ (NTFS) 19092 MB total, 9502 MB free


"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, Preston.
>
> There may be any of several causes. Hardware? Software? Technique?
>
> The most common cause of apparent hangs/freezes in defrag is trying to
> defrag a volume that is in use. Trying to defrag Drive C:, for example,
> doesn't usually get very far before Windows updates some file on C: - which
> causes defrag to start over. Soon, another file write happens and defrag
> starts over again. The only sensible solution to this problem is to tell
> defrag to do its job on the next reboot, before all of Windows gets loaded
> and starts running - and writing to the HD.
>
> For a better answer, tell us more about your computer and about how the
> problems happen. And you probably should tackle the defrag and NAV problems
> separately; they may or may not be related. Be sure to tell us which
> defragger (WinXP's built-in? or Norton's?) and which version of NAV. Is
> your computer a simple one-volume machine, or multi-HD, multi-partitions?
> We don't need to know everything, but your description of the problem is so
> vague that we really don't know where to begin guessing. :>(
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Preston" <Preston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4A81F8E2-20CF-4A45-B771-E1CF0E43DCE9@microsoft.com...
> > When i defrag or run Norton Anti-Virus on my XP Pro machine, the system
> > hangs/ freezes. Can someone tell me what is the problem?
> >
> > Thxs
>
>
>