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Old February 16th 05, 01:01 PM
Terry
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Default Scandisk error

Win98SE

When I attempt to run scandisk(standard), I have the following error
dialogue box? :
Scandisk has restarted 10 times because windows or another program has been
writing to this drive. Quitting some running programs may enable ScanDisk to
finish sooner........

I have nothing showing on the status bar of any progs' running.

Tia


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Old February 16th 05, 03:57 PM
Haggis
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"Terry" wrote in message
...
Win98SE

When I attempt to run scandisk(standard), I have the following error
dialogue box? :
Scandisk has restarted 10 times because windows or another program has
been
writing to this drive. Quitting some running programs may enable ScanDisk
to
finish sooner........

I have nothing showing on the status bar of any progs' running.

Tia



that is quite common ...restart in safe mode and run scandisk /defrag from
there

btw ctrl+alt+del to bring up taskbar and show running processes on your
computer ...probably have a few more things running than you think :


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Old February 16th 05, 04:12 PM
Chuck
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Terry wrote:
Win98SE

When I attempt to run scandisk(standard), I have the following error
dialogue box? :
Scandisk has restarted 10 times because windows or another program has been
writing to this drive. Quitting some running programs may enable ScanDisk to
finish sooner........

I have nothing showing on the status bar of any progs' running.

Tia



Try disabling scheduler, virus software, spyware background processes,
screen saver, etc. If that doesn't work, boot into safe mode and run it,
or boot to DOS prompt and run the dos version.
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Old February 16th 05, 06:10 PM
Terry
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Thanks

Scandisk then Defrag' in safe mode ok

Terry


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Old February 16th 05, 06:16 PM
Terry
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Haggis
thanks...that worked fine.

Terry


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Old February 16th 05, 07:16 PM
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See the links in my sig.

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"Terry" wrote in message
...
Win98SE

When I attempt to run scandisk(standard), I have the following error
dialogue box? :
Scandisk has restarted 10 times because windows or another program has

been
writing to this drive. Quitting some running programs may enable

ScanDisk to
finish sooner........

I have nothing showing on the status bar of any progs' running.

Tia



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Old February 16th 05, 07:23 PM
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You might want to try GEODisk2. It works EVERY time without interruption
for both scandisk and defrag. AFAIK, it has no spyware, etc and it is
freeware. I use it regularly -- It makes scandisk and defrag a breeze.
Note -- FWIW, it's MVP recommended.

Only down side I see is that , as others have pointed out, you may have
oodles of unneeded/unwanted stealth stuff running in the background that
you may want to shut down permanently.

http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/SoftMain.htm


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Old February 16th 05, 09:46 PM
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http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q287914
Articles about Scandisk
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q286263
Articles about Defrag

I must warn that Scandisk may not do a great job when there is a
great one to do...
http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/scandisk.htm
Therefore, perhaps UNcheck "Automatically fix errors" on it's front
screen. It will then ask whether you want each error fixed. If it sounds
truly horrible, say "No!", and post the log. The log will be
"C:\Scandisk.log". Do not let it constantly restart, either.
(When running Scandisk in DOS, there won't be such a box to uncheck. You
must do it in "C:\Windows\Command\Scandisk.ini", per cquirke's advice.)
REALLY, in light of all THAT, the BEST thing to do is to have a full
system backup to run to! Would you like my list of backup apps?

1. Turn off screen saver (R-Clk Desktop, Properties, Screen Saver--
None)
2. Turn off power management (Control Panel, Power Management-- Always
On,Never,Never,Never)
3. Disable any permanent internet cable connection, perhaps.
4. Suspend Task Scheduler
5. Turn off interfering programs. Use "StartupCop" or "EndItAll2" from
PCMag (below). Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". Note what is
unchecked. Then, go to the General tab & disable the entire Startup
Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking "Load Startup...". Reboot.
Don't forget to re-enable before the next boot.
6. Use "HDValet" from PCMag, or
(a) "Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete Files button, bolt Delete
all offline content, OK, OK"
(b) "START, Run, %TEMP%", & delete all files that will let you. This
will likely be "C:\Windows\Temp". This is best done after a fresh boot,
unless you have not seen the message "Reboot to complete this install".
7. Run Scandisk (Thorough, usually w/o write testing. Check all three
items under "Scandisk, Advanced button, 'Check files for' box". If you
want to be informed as it does a fix, UNcheck "Automatically fix errors"
on the front screen, or look inside "C:\Scandisk.log" afterwards.)
8. "START, Run, Defrag /p /details". Apparently, "/p" Defrags the
unmovables.

The purpose of steps 1-5 is only to prevent constant restarts of
Scandisk & Defrag, if you get them; but DEFINITELY turn off the Virus
Scanner. Scandisk should be done perhaps once a month, and certainly
after every serious crash. Do a Defrag after a sluggish boot or when
this says so:
http://www.pcmag.com/ 's CrackUp, by Gregory A. Wolking & Bob Flanders.
Also, take DiskAction, to determine what is constantly writing to the
HDD, which causes the restarts. Take BHOCop & StartupCop too.

"DiskAction" reports the last 12 processes that access any partition. It
discovered the MS Critical Update Notification Tool was accessing my
HDD every five minutes. It can be uninstalled in "Control Panel,
Add/Remove Programs". Then, occasionally, "START, Windows Update" on
your own.

"BHOCop" found a Browser Helper Object called Wavehelper Class, created
by "Wavetop", that was building a monstrosity of an error log called
"Logit.txt" in here. "START, Find, F/F, Logit.txt"-- see one?

Now, my hard drive is quieter than my mouse. (Of course, I now also have
384 MB RAM, up from an initial 64, eliminating Swap File activity.)


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should things get worse after this,
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"Terry" wrote in message
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| Win98SE
|
| When I attempt to run scandisk(standard), I have the following error
| dialogue box? :
| Scandisk has restarted 10 times because windows or another program has
been
| writing to this drive. Quitting some running programs may enable
ScanDisk to
| finish sooner........
|
| I have nothing showing on the status bar of any progs' running.
|
| Tia
|
|


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Old February 17th 05, 08:15 PM
Chuck
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bobster wrote:
You might want to try GEODisk2. It works EVERY time without interruption
for both scandisk and defrag. AFAIK, it has no spyware, etc and it is
freeware. I use it regularly -- It makes scandisk and defrag a breeze.
Note -- FWIW, it's MVP recommended.

Only down side I see is that , as others have pointed out, you may have
oodles of unneeded/unwanted stealth stuff running in the background that
you may want to shut down permanently.

http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/SoftMain.htm



Ever tried Disk Keeper Lite? It's free, works without going to safe
mode, or disabling anything. It looks like the same product that MS used
as the defragmentor for XP.

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