Have a look here, by MS MVP Ron Badour:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/scandisk.html
and
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/defrag.html
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"John Williams" wrote in message
nk.net...
I can't run Scan Disk to completion or load Symantec's GoBack on my Compaq
Desktop because something is writing to my hard disk causing restarts. I
shut down running programs, but this didn't eliminate the problem. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

John Williams