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Disk write errors
I am working on a problem for a friend from church and
have never encountered a problem such as the one about to be described. Sometimes when the system is booting a "Disk write error. Unable to write to the disk drive c:" message is displayed. The error dialog box provides an OK button which most times will allow the system to continue. Then a second and sometimes more of the same messages occur. After Windows has built the desktop and while the user is doing work the error may pop up (bad choice of words) again, click OK and most times you can continue working. Virus scan using the latest definitions and Norton anti virus 2004 produced no virus infection. Complete diagnostics, with a non-destructive write disk test enabled did not find any problems. To the best of my information the problem "may" have started after an attempted installation of Borderbund Create a Card software was done but can not confirm. No searches have produced any useful results and am at wits end. What are the required files for the disk sub-system within Windows 98 Second Edition? I suspect something was replaced, perhaps partially, by the installation. Thanks and please excuse the length of this tome but I wanted to provide as mush information as possible. Bob |
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Disk write errors
Hi Bob,
First step would be to backup any important data. Next run a thorough scan of the hard drive. To do so Boot the system with a Windows Startup Disk. At the A:\ prompt type scandisk C: then press enter. Let Scandisk perform the standard scan and a surface scan. When the surface scan is finished remove the Startup disk and reboot the system. If that comes up clean do a search for any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. More tools that will do the same. CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Download Link: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm If all this fails perform a clean boot. How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98: http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q192926 Please report back with your findings. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Bob Ninow" wrote I am working on a problem for a friend from church and have never encountered a problem such as the one about to be described. Sometimes when the system is booting a "Disk write error. Unable to write to the disk drive c:" message is displayed. The error dialog box provides an OK button which most times will allow the system to continue. Then a second and sometimes more of the same messages occur. After Windows has built the desktop and while the user is doing work the error may pop up (bad choice of words) again, click OK and most times you can continue working. Virus scan using the latest definitions and Norton anti virus 2004 produced no virus infection. Complete diagnostics, with a non-destructive write disk test enabled did not find any problems. To the best of my information the problem "may" have started after an attempted installation of Borderbund Create a Card software was done but can not confirm. No searches have produced any useful results and am at wits end. What are the required files for the disk sub-system within Windows 98 Second Edition? I suspect something was replaced, perhaps partially, by the installation. Thanks and please excuse the length of this tome but I wanted to provide as mush information as possible. Bob |
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Disk write errors
Thanks for the suggestions, but not a solution yet.
SCANDISK in DOS reportes errors that must be fixed in Windows using SCANDSKW. Attempted using SCANDSKW within Windows and errors that must be fixed after scandskw completes are reported. The scan completes several hours later because a thorough surface scan is required, however the errors are not repaired. Attempted to use Norton Disk Doctor from Norton Systemworks 2004 Professional and no disks are displayed when NDD starts, not even the floppy. Ran Spybot 1.3 and Ad Aware both found and repaired a few problems. Running out of ideas and patience. Microsoft's Knowledge Base is next to useless for any Windows 98 issue. The system being worked on does not have the horse power to migrate to XP so that option is not available. Thanks again!! Bob -----Original Message----- Hi Bob, First step would be to backup any important data. Next run a thorough scan of the hard drive. To do so Boot the system with a Windows Startup Disk. At the A:\ prompt type scandisk C: then press enter. Let Scandisk perform the standard scan and a surface scan. When the surface scan is finished remove the Startup disk and reboot the system. If that comes up clean do a search for any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. More tools that will do the same. CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Download Link: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm If all this fails perform a clean boot. How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;q192926 Please report back with your findings. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Bob Ninow" wrote I am working on a problem for a friend from church and have never encountered a problem such as the one about to be described. Sometimes when the system is booting a "Disk write error. Unable to write to the disk drive c:" message is displayed. The error dialog box provides an OK button which most times will allow the system to continue. Then a second and sometimes more of the same messages occur. After Windows has built the desktop and while the user is doing work the error may pop up (bad choice of words) again, click OK and most times you can continue working. Virus scan using the latest definitions and Norton anti virus 2004 produced no virus infection. Complete diagnostics, with a non-destructive write disk test enabled did not find any problems. To the best of my information the problem "may" have started after an attempted installation of Borderbund Create a Card software was done but can not confirm. No searches have produced any useful results and am at wits end. What are the required files for the disk sub-system within Windows 98 Second Edition? I suspect something was replaced, perhaps partially, by the installation. Thanks and please excuse the length of this tome but I wanted to provide as mush information as possible. Bob . |
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Hi Bob,
Find the make and model of the hard drive and go to the manufactures web site. Down load there hard drive diagnostic software and run it. I don't put much faith in Norton products these days. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ "Bob Ninow" wrote Thanks for the suggestions, but not a solution yet. SCANDISK in DOS reportes errors that must be fixed in Windows using SCANDSKW. Attempted using SCANDSKW within Windows and errors that must be fixed after scandskw completes are reported. The scan completes several hours later because a thorough surface scan is required, however the errors are not repaired. Attempted to use Norton Disk Doctor from Norton Systemworks 2004 Professional and no disks are displayed when NDD starts, not even the floppy. Ran Spybot 1.3 and Ad Aware both found and repaired a few problems. Running out of ideas and patience. Microsoft's Knowledge Base is next to useless for any Windows 98 issue. The system being worked on does not have the horse power to migrate to XP so that option is not available. Thanks again!! Bob -----Original Message----- Hi Bob, First step would be to backup any important data. Next run a thorough scan of the hard drive. To do so Boot the system with a Windows Startup Disk. At the A:\ prompt type scandisk C: then press enter. Let Scandisk perform the standard scan and a surface scan. When the surface scan is finished remove the Startup disk and reboot the system. If that comes up clean do a search for any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. More tools that will do the same. CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Download Link: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm If all this fails perform a clean boot. How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;q192926 Please report back with your findings. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Bob Ninow" wrote I am working on a problem for a friend from church and have never encountered a problem such as the one about to be described. Sometimes when the system is booting a "Disk write error. Unable to write to the disk drive c:" message is displayed. The error dialog box provides an OK button which most times will allow the system to continue. Then a second and sometimes more of the same messages occur. After Windows has built the desktop and while the user is doing work the error may pop up (bad choice of words) again, click OK and most times you can continue working. Virus scan using the latest definitions and Norton anti virus 2004 produced no virus infection. Complete diagnostics, with a non-destructive write disk test enabled did not find any problems. To the best of my information the problem "may" have started after an attempted installation of Borderbund Create a Card software was done but can not confirm. No searches have produced any useful results and am at wits end. What are the required files for the disk sub-system within Windows 98 Second Edition? I suspect something was replaced, perhaps partially, by the installation. Thanks and please excuse the length of this tome but I wanted to provide as mush information as possible. Bob . |
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Disk write errors
I have got the same problem with the same error, Bert
please post the steps on backing up data , never done that before, Rgds, Murray -----Original Message----- Hi Bob, First step would be to backup any important data. Next run a thorough scan of the hard drive. To do so Boot the system with a Windows Startup Disk. At the A:\ prompt type scandisk C: then press enter. Let Scandisk perform the standard scan and a surface scan. When the surface scan is finished remove the Startup disk and reboot the system. If that comes up clean do a search for any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. More tools that will do the same. CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Download Link: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm If all this fails perform a clean boot. How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;q192926 Please report back with your findings. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Bob Ninow" wrote I am working on a problem for a friend from church and have never encountered a problem such as the one about to be described. Sometimes when the system is booting a "Disk write error. Unable to write to the disk drive c:" message is displayed. The error dialog box provides an OK button which most times will allow the system to continue. Then a second and sometimes more of the same messages occur. After Windows has built the desktop and while the user is doing work the error may pop up (bad choice of words) again, click OK and most times you can continue working. Virus scan using the latest definitions and Norton anti virus 2004 produced no virus infection. Complete diagnostics, with a non-destructive write disk test enabled did not find any problems. To the best of my information the problem "may" have started after an attempted installation of Borderbund Create a Card software was done but can not confirm. No searches have produced any useful results and am at wits end. What are the required files for the disk sub-system within Windows 98 Second Edition? I suspect something was replaced, perhaps partially, by the installation. Thanks and please excuse the length of this tome but I wanted to provide as mush information as possible. Bob . |
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