scandisk & defrag

Hi all,

How many of you ran scan disk, then defrag on your comp.
After the defrag is done, you reboot to find non-system
disk error? Running scan disk with a boot floppy, comes
up with tons of errors. Using a USB cradle, I was able to
access the drive and backup the important data.
Unfortunately, I don`t have an official ME install CD,
just the recovery CD`s, so I couldn`t do a repair. Seems
the MBR and few other things got screwed up. Used the
recovery CD`s to reinstall on C drive only and system is
up and running. Has anyone had that happen to them??

Jeff

Can't help with the rest of your issues but for future info. :-

Unfortunately, I don`t have an official ME install CD,
just the recovery CD`s, so I couldn`t do a repair.

Depending on the OEM (they might NOT have included this option), you *may*
find a 'full set' of WinMe setup files in the C:\Windows\Options\CABS folder
(or \Install if 'retail' version).

Mart


"Jeff" wrote in message
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Hi all,

How many of you ran scan disk, then defrag on your comp.
After the defrag is done, you reboot to find non-system
disk error? Running scan disk with a boot floppy, comes
up with tons of errors. Using a USB cradle, I was able to
access the drive and backup the important data.
Unfortunately, I don`t have an official ME install CD,
just the recovery CD`s, so I couldn`t do a repair. Seems
the MBR and few other things got screwed up. Used the
recovery CD`s to reinstall on C drive only and system is
up and running. Has anyone had that happen to them??

Jeff

Doesn't NON SYSTEM DISK ERROR MEAN YA LEFT THE BOOT DISK
IN THE A DRIVE WHEN YA REBOOTED???
Doing a RECOVERY WITH THE RECOVERY CD IS THE FULL VERSION
BEING REINSTALLED OR RECOVERED
BUT YOU SHOULD DO A PARTIAL RECOVERY NOT A FULL,
AS A FULL RECOVERY WILL WIPE OUT ALL YOUR FILES.
A PARTIAL RECOVERY WILL RELOAD THE FILES YOU NEED TO
RECOVER TO GET GOING WITHOUT WIPING OUT EVERYTHING ELSE
Hope that helps!!
By the way, a BLUE screen in "technical terms" is referred
to as "The Blue Screen of DEATH"!!
Hope that answers your questions.
-----Original Message-----
Can't help with the rest of your issues but for future
info. :-

Unfortunately, I don`t have an official ME install CD,
just the recovery CD`s, so I couldn`t do a repair.

Depending on the OEM (they might NOT have included this
option), you *may*
find a 'full set' of WinMe setup files in the
C:\Windows\Options\CABS folder
(or \Install if 'retail' version).

Mart


"Jeff" wrote in
message
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Hi all,

How many of you ran scan disk, then defrag on your comp.
After the defrag is done, you reboot to find non-system
disk error? Running scan disk with a boot floppy, comes
up with tons of errors. Using a USB cradle, I was able
to
access the drive and backup the important data.
Unfortunately, I don`t have an official ME install CD,
just the recovery CD`s, so I couldn`t do a repair.
Seems
the MBR and few other things got screwed up. Used the
recovery CD`s to reinstall on C drive only and system is
up and running. Has anyone had that happen to them??

Jeff


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