Scandisk

Hello Guys,

On start-up I get a report that I need to run scandisk from within Windows
but when I do so it stops when it has run out of memory.

I have located the problem area of the disk to several downloads which were
probably interrupted (improper shutdown), which I cannot delete due to, I
suspect, problems with the File Allocation Tables.

Is there any application which will allow me to remove these files or remove
the bad sector from the file system?

Basically I am looking for an alternative to formatting the disk.

Thanks!

Please provide more info about the out of memory situation. Is there a
message and if so, what is it verbatim?

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"Steve Wade" wrote in message
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Hello Guys,

On start-up I get a report that I need to run scandisk from within Windows
but when I do so it stops when it has run out of memory.

I have located the problem area of the disk to several downloads which
were
probably interrupted (improper shutdown), which I cannot delete due to, I
suspect, problems with the File Allocation Tables.

Is there any application which will allow me to remove these files or
remove
the bad sector from the file system?

Basically I am looking for an alternative to formatting the disk.

Thanks!

Most likely your problem is explained in the MS KB article:
"Your Computer Does Not Have Enough Free Memory to Defrag the Drive"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q229154

quote
SYMPTOMS
When you try to run Disk Defragmenter (Defrag.exe) or ScanDisk (Scandskw.exe),
you may receive one of the following error messages:
......
/quote

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Mikhail Zhilin
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:03:03 +0100, "Steve Wade"
wrote:

Hello Guys,

On start-up I get a report that I need to run scandisk from within Windows
but when I do so it stops when it has run out of memory.

I have located the problem area of the disk to several downloads which were
probably interrupted (improper shutdown), which I cannot delete due to, I
suspect, problems with the File Allocation Tables.

Is there any application which will allow me to remove these files or remove
the bad sector from the file system?

Basically I am looking for an alternative to formatting the disk.

Thanks!

" quote
SYMPTOMS
When you try to run Disk Defragmenter (Defrag.exe) or ScanDisk
(Scandskw.exe),
you may receive one of the following error messages:
.....
/quote

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Thanks!

Just for reference, this was my solution.

I ran Norton's Disc Doctor and it did enough for me to be able to run
Scandisk without any error messages.

Took ages but it worked.

Obviously I don't have much faith in the longevity of the HD and now need to
replace it.

This Maxtor is only twelve months old and so it sounds like I need a
replacement which is of a more robust construction.

Next question:

Is there a freeware app which will do what Norton Ghost does?

All the best.

Steve

Steve,

Yes, it seems you have the problem other than described in the mentioned
article -- and more serious.

To clone HDDs, you can use a shareware -- 30 days of free use with no
limitations -- Bootit Next Generation (BootitNG, or BING), www.bootitng.com
instead of Norton Ghost. It creates a bootable diskette -- boot from it,
cancel continuation, and select Partition Work.

--
Mikhail Zhilin
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 18:19:19 +0100, "Steve Wade"
wrote:


" quote
SYMPTOMS
When you try to run Disk Defragmenter (Defrag.exe) or ScanDisk
(Scandskw.exe),
you may receive one of the following error messages:
.....
/quote

--

Thanks!

Just for reference, this was my solution.

I ran Norton's Disc Doctor and it did enough for me to be able to run
Scandisk without any error messages.

Took ages but it worked.

Obviously I don't have much faith in the longevity of the HD and now need to
replace it.

This Maxtor is only twelve months old and so it sounds like I need a
replacement which is of a more robust construction.

Next question:

Is there a freeware app which will do what Norton Ghost does?

All the best.

Steve