u can go to IBM's website and download a drive-fitness program, i had that defrag problem b4, then i run the fitness program and it tells e that i got bad sectors...so...just a thought..good luck

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AMD T-Bird 900MHZ @ 990MHZ
512mb cas2 SDRAM
Geforce 2 GTS 32mb pure
MSI K7T Pro2A
IBM 30GB ATA100 7200rpm
Toshiba 16x DVD
Aopen 12x cd-rw JustLink
SB Live!
Samsung 955DF 19"
Win98se / Windows 2k pro - Service Pack 2