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Re: But ....



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 "Modalità 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.
> 
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