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Large Hard Drive... recommended Scan/Defrag
Dingwhistle wrote:
Win98SE having Hard Disk larger than 137GB. Which Scandisk/Defrag is recommended ? What about scanregw.exe; is it unsafe ? Should it be disabled ? Depends on the partitionsize. It's not recommended to use it on partitions bigger than about 127GiB. Disksize doesn't matter *for scandisk/defrag*. |
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Large Hard Drive... recommended Scan/Defrag
Thanks for the wake-up call. :-) It would rightfully *seem* that I was
misunderstanding Scanregw. That misunderstanding could have been mitigated, had I engaged brain before putting Keyboard in gear. I actually meant Scandisk; the one which autoruns after a bad shutdown, and can be disabled from Msconfg. "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... You may have a misunderstanding of what ScanRegW does. Please see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183887 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Dingwhistle" wrote in message ... So, in the event of a bad shutdown it is OK to leave it enabled and have it do its thing? Would you know if WinME's Defrag and Scandisk are OK to use for maintenance of same said large HD-D 137GB ? |
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Large Hard Drive... recommended Scan/Defrag
Thanks for the wake-up call. :-) It would rightfully *seem* that I was
misunderstanding Scanregw. That misunderstanding could have been mitigated, had I engaged brain before putting Keyboard in gear. I actually meant Scandisk; the one which autoruns after a bad shutdown, and can be disabled from Msconfg. "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... You may have a misunderstanding of what ScanRegW does. Please see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183887 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Dingwhistle" wrote in message ... So, in the event of a bad shutdown it is OK to leave it enabled and have it do its thing? Would you know if WinME's Defrag and Scandisk are OK to use for maintenance of same said large HD-D 137GB ? |
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Large Hard Drive... recommended Scan/Defrag
IIRC, I used WinXP's install disk, and from there used the FixBoot command.
Is that what you are asking ? I used no other Disk repair tool. I will add for clarity's sake: W98SE SP-1 and WinXP SP-2 are the OS' that are in use. Dingwhistle "MEB" meb@not wrote in message ... Let me just query whether you used XP's Disk Manager to repair that replacement disk FAT and Partition issues? Or any other disk repair tool? Responders should note: the disks in question are 500gig. One 500gig already toasted.... OSs are XP [not updated] and Win98[SE?]. -- MEB ~~ "Dingwhistle" wrote in message ... | So, in the event of a bad shutdown it is OK to leave it enabled and have it | do its thing? | | Would you know if WinME's Defrag and Scandisk are OK to use for maintenance | of same said large HD-D 137GB ? | | "Jeff Richards" wrote in message | ... | Scanregw is not concerned about the size of the hard disk drive. It is | quite safe and there is no reason to do anything with it. | -- | Jeff Richards | MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) | "Dingwhistle" wrote in message | ... | Win98SE having Hard Disk larger than 137GB. | Which Scandisk/Defrag is recommended ? | | What about scanregw.exe; is it unsafe ? Should it be disabled ? | | Thanks. | | | | | | | |
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"Ingeborg" wrote in message ... Dingwhistle wrote: Win98SE having Hard Disk larger than 137GB. Which Scandisk/Defrag is recommended ? What about scanregw.exe; is it unsafe ? Should it be disabled ? Depends on the partitionsize. It's not recommended to use it on partitions bigger than about 127GiB. Disksize doesn't matter *for scandisk/defrag*. I might have caused confusion for those who are trying to help and answer my question. I mistakenly wrote "Scanregw.exe", when I actually meant the DOS type ScanDisk which autoruns after a freeze/bad shutdown; the one which can be disabled from within Msconfig. As for the Windows utilities of Scandisk.exe and Defragmenter.exe, I have the WindowsME versions installed and have used them on this 500GB. I've heard said : "It's no good; don't use it". Conversely, I've also heard: "You can use WinME Scandisk and Defrag; it's fine. But do not use native W98se Scandisk and Defrag". Now, you wrote in initial reply: "Depends on the partitionsize. It's not recommended to use it on partitions bigger than about 127GiB." I assume you *are* actually referring to ScanRegw.exe . If so, that brings up 'questions' I hadn't even considered. Thanks. Dingwhistle |
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"Ingeborg" wrote in message ... Dingwhistle wrote: Win98SE having Hard Disk larger than 137GB. Which Scandisk/Defrag is recommended ? What about scanregw.exe; is it unsafe ? Should it be disabled ? Depends on the partitionsize. It's not recommended to use it on partitions bigger than about 127GiB. Disksize doesn't matter *for scandisk/defrag*. I might have caused confusion for those who are trying to help and answer my question. I mistakenly wrote "Scanregw.exe", when I actually meant the DOS type ScanDisk which autoruns after a freeze/bad shutdown; the one which can be disabled from within Msconfig. As for the Windows utilities of Scandisk.exe and Defragmenter.exe, I have the WindowsME versions installed and have used them on this 500GB. I've heard said : "It's no good; don't use it". Conversely, I've also heard: "You can use WinME Scandisk and Defrag; it's fine. But do not use native W98se Scandisk and Defrag". Now, you wrote in initial reply: "Depends on the partitionsize. It's not recommended to use it on partitions bigger than about 127GiB." I assume you *are* actually referring to ScanRegw.exe . If so, that brings up 'questions' I hadn't even considered. Thanks. Dingwhistle |
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Large Hard Drive... recommended Scan/Defrag
Okay, but originally IIRC you have some issue after first setup of the disk
with various aspects.. The query is: what did you do to correct that issue, or are you going to just wait and see what happens... meaning since you have XP installed, use its Disk Manager to check the disk ... -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org a Peoples' counsel Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking: http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm _ _ ~~ "Dingwhistle" wrote in message ... | IIRC, I used WinXP's install disk, and from there used the FixBoot command. | Is that what you are asking ? | I used no other Disk repair tool. | | I will add for clarity's sake: W98SE SP-1 and WinXP SP-2 are the OS' that | are in use. | | Dingwhistle | "MEB" meb@not wrote in message | ... | Let me just query whether you used XP's Disk Manager to repair that | replacement disk FAT and Partition issues? | Or any other disk repair tool? | | Responders should note: the disks in question are 500gig. One 500gig | already toasted.... OSs are XP [not updated] and Win98[SE?]. | | -- | MEB | ~~ | "Dingwhistle" wrote in message | ... | | So, in the event of a bad shutdown it is OK to leave it enabled and have | it | | do its thing? | | | | Would you know if WinME's Defrag and Scandisk are OK to use for | maintenance | | of same said large HD-D 137GB ? | | | | "Jeff Richards" wrote in message | | ... | | Scanregw is not concerned about the size of the hard disk drive. It | is | | quite safe and there is no reason to do anything with it. | | -- | | Jeff Richards | | MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) | | "Dingwhistle" wrote in message | | ... | | Win98SE having Hard Disk larger than 137GB. | | Which Scandisk/Defrag is recommended ? | | | | What about scanregw.exe; is it unsafe ? Should it be disabled ? | | | | Thanks. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Large Hard Drive... recommended Scan/Defrag
Okay, but originally IIRC you have some issue after first setup of the disk
with various aspects.. The query is: what did you do to correct that issue, or are you going to just wait and see what happens... meaning since you have XP installed, use its Disk Manager to check the disk ... -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org a Peoples' counsel Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking: http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm _ _ ~~ "Dingwhistle" wrote in message ... | IIRC, I used WinXP's install disk, and from there used the FixBoot command. | Is that what you are asking ? | I used no other Disk repair tool. | | I will add for clarity's sake: W98SE SP-1 and WinXP SP-2 are the OS' that | are in use. | | Dingwhistle | "MEB" meb@not wrote in message | ... | Let me just query whether you used XP's Disk Manager to repair that | replacement disk FAT and Partition issues? | Or any other disk repair tool? | | Responders should note: the disks in question are 500gig. One 500gig | already toasted.... OSs are XP [not updated] and Win98[SE?]. | | -- | MEB | ~~ | "Dingwhistle" wrote in message | ... | | So, in the event of a bad shutdown it is OK to leave it enabled and have | it | | do its thing? | | | | Would you know if WinME's Defrag and Scandisk are OK to use for | maintenance | | of same said large HD-D 137GB ? | | | | "Jeff Richards" wrote in message | | ... | | Scanregw is not concerned about the size of the hard disk drive. It | is | | quite safe and there is no reason to do anything with it. | | -- | | Jeff Richards | | MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) | | "Dingwhistle" wrote in message | | ... | | Win98SE having Hard Disk larger than 137GB. | | Which Scandisk/Defrag is recommended ? | | | | What about scanregw.exe; is it unsafe ? Should it be disabled ? | | | | Thanks. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Large Hard Drive... recommended Scan/Defrag
Dingwhistle wrote:
bottom-post "Ingeborg" wrote in message ... Dingwhistle wrote: Win98SE having Hard Disk larger than 137GB. Which Scandisk/Defrag is recommended ? What about scanregw.exe; is it unsafe ? Should it be disabled ? Depends on the partitionsize. It's not recommended to use it on partitions bigger than about 127GiB. Disksize doesn't matter *for scandisk/defrag*. I might have caused confusion for those who are trying to help and answer my question. I mistakenly wrote "Scanregw.exe", when I actually meant the DOS type ScanDisk which autoruns after a freeze/bad shutdown; the one which can be disabled from within Msconfig. As for the Windows utilities of Scandisk.exe and Defragmenter.exe, I have the WindowsME versions installed and have used them on this 500GB. I've heard said : "It's no good; don't use it". Conversely, I've also heard: "You can use WinME Scandisk and Defrag; it's fine. But do not use native W98se Scandisk and Defrag". Now, you wrote in initial reply: "Depends on the partitionsize. It's not recommended to use it on partitions bigger than about 127GiB." I assume you *are* actually referring to ScanRegw.exe . If so, that brings up 'questions' I hadn't even considered. No. I meant scandiskw.exe. |
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