He is talking about safe mode. Run a full defrag, not a quick one. A quick defrag will just defragment files and not fill in gaps in space from the beginning to the end of your data. That's why its a quick mode, it just moves around the files that are heavily fragmented. At least Norton Utilities defragmenter was like this....
-z- On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Pietro Cagnoni wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:23:53AM +0200, Pietro Cagnoni wrote: > > | 2) reboot in maintenance mode (or whatever is called in english: in > > | italian is "Modalit? provvisoria": 640x480 screen with very few colors); > > > > FYI it is called "Safe Mode" in English. You may need to press F5 > > during startup to get the menu to select Safe Mode from. > > safe? does it mean you can't make any damage that way? or maybe it > inhibits the computer self destruction, and it'safer for you to use? or > is it the mode you need when you're closed in a safe? > > "Modalita' provvisoria" in italian could be translated "temporary mode", > and has some of the meanings of "unstable mode". > > so, where's the "stable mode"? > > maybe i should open a call with tech support... > > pietro. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >