Just run defrag in the safe mode. No other program can run then.
Hope this helps.
Rick
Are there any defrag applications that allow for defragging over a period of restarts, say to allieviate the time involved in running a more thorough defrag on larger heavily fragmented disks?
/Thanks.
peace,

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