re: Problem running Scandisk
Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 8:01 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by JmC
(14166 messages posted)
Just the basics Hank, hope it helps!
Maybe the DOS version is your best option?
Close all of your programs including your virus scanner and firewall. Don't have
any programs running when using either Scandisk or Defrag because these programs
will need to access the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and will thus halt, or usually cause
the process to restart. To exit all of your applications, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring
up the 'Close Program' window. Close every program listed except Explorer
and Systray by highlighting each item and clicking 'End Task'.
Disable your screen saver. To do so, right-click the desktop and select 'Properties'.
Then click the Screen Saver tab, select None and then click 'OK'.
Empty your browser's cache and history folders. Delete all the .tmp and .chk files
you can find. To do so, click START then move to 'Find' and click 'Files or Folders'.
Now in the search box (field) type *.tmp and this will search for all your temporary
files. Repeat for chk files by typing *.chk in the search field. When the *.tmp and
*.chk files list, click 'Edit' and then 'Select All'. When they highlight, click
'File' and then 'Delete'.
If ScanDisk still can't finish its job, exit Windows and try using the DOS version
of Scandisk. To do this, click Start/Shutdown/Restart in MS-DOS mode. When you get
to the DOS prompt C:\> type scandisk and press enter.
You can also replace the Defrag program with the ME version. Most Win98 users prefer
this version because it's much faster. You can download ME Defrag from the link
below and this self installer will replace the original Defrag for you. Read the
program instructions at the download site and run it. ME Defrag
JmC
On Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 3:40 pm, Hank Hofmann wrote:
>I have a partioned hard drive (C and D). When I try to run Scandisk on my C drive,
>it starts by "checking file allocation tables" then goes to "checking folders" BUT
>it never finishes; it simple stops and restarts with "checking file allocation tables"
>followed by "checking folders" (the blue progress dots never reach further than
about
>one-third of the way along the progress bar). After 10 iterations of this I get
a
>message saying it has restarted 10 times and do I want to continue.
>
>My C drive contains all my program files and my own data files. When I run Scandisk
>on my D drive (which is almost empty) I have no problems.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks.
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