Scandisk 105% complete

After a system crash because of an exception in Explorer, my Win98 SE PC is
trying to run SCANDISK upon bootup, but it always freezes when it gets to
about 85% complete. The most recent error is that it was 105% complete, but
I couldn't exit or boot. Any suggestions on how to get past this problem?
Thanks
Timo

"Timo" wrote in message
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After a system crash because of an exception in Explorer, my Win98 SE PC
is
trying to run SCANDISK upon bootup, but it always freezes when it gets to
about 85% complete. The most recent error is that it was 105% complete,
but
I couldn't exit or boot. Any suggestions on how to get past this problem?

Are you running ScanDisk in Windows or
in Safe Mode (preferable) ?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

See the defrag and scandisk troubleshooters located he
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/how_to.html


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Timo" wrote in message
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After a system crash because of an exception in Explorer, my Win98 SE PC
is
trying to run SCANDISK upon bootup, but it always freezes when it gets to
about 85% complete. The most recent error is that it was 105% complete,
but
I couldn't exit or boot. Any suggestions on how to get past this problem?
Thanks
Timo

Boot from your startup disk and run scandisk from the floppy and include
thorough mode (the surface test).

"Timo" wrote in message
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After a system crash because of an exception in Explorer, my Win98 SE PC
is
trying to run SCANDISK upon bootup, but it always freezes when it gets to
about 85% complete. The most recent error is that it was 105% complete,
but
I couldn't exit or boot. Any suggestions on how to get past this problem?
Thanks
Timo

Scandisk was not designed to work on partitions in excess of 64GB.
"Timo" wrote in message
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After a system crash because of an exception in Explorer, my Win98 SE PC
is
trying to run SCANDISK upon bootup, but it always freezes when it gets to
about 85% complete. The most recent error is that it was 105% complete,
but
I couldn't exit or boot. Any suggestions on how to get past this problem?
Thanks
Timo

Thanks for the advice and information. No success yet but still a few things
to try.
Timo

-----Original Message-----
After a system crash because of an exception in Explorer,
my Win98 SE PC is
trying to run SCANDISK upon bootup, but it always freezes
when it gets to
about 85% complete. The most recent error is that it was
105% complete, but
I couldn't exit or boot. Any suggestions on how to get
past this problem?
Thanks
Timo

scandisk 105% complete
Timo I might be completely off base here, but I had your
problem once and a whole lot more(computer locking up 3 or
4 times a day for no reason, etc). But anyway I was
talking to a computer technician who told me of a lot of
computers with windows98 that were made in 1998-1999 years
had defective electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard
and causing strange unfixable problems in the software. He
told me to look at the motherboard for any green plastic
wrapped capacitors with a "Peace" sign (3 intersecting
lines) on the top. He said these particular capacitors
swell up sometimes and mess up the electrical flow
terribly to all other components. Well, I checked my
motherboard, I had a couple of those green peace signed
capacitors and I purchased a rebated motherboard from
Syntax for 5 dollars and guess what.....every single
problem I had went away, ..no more freezes,my scandisk
worked and the thousands of hours I had spent working on
software solutions and blaming viruses or bad registry
finally paid off. Now remember, this technician I spoke
to said these capacitors were only used in the late 1990's
motherboards by the majors like HP ,Compaq, IBM, and the
like. Maybe this isn't your problem, but if your computer
is about 5 years old or so...take a look at that
motherboard and look for those green goblins!
.