Clifford, before you get to drastic with your system you might I
recommend you try a couple of things.
1. Of course do a backup
2. Removed the USB Scanner physically and delete it from the
software
3. Drop the system, reboot and then do a defrag against the Hard
Drive.
4. Bring Windows back up and see if the problem is gone.
5. If it is then re-install the scanner
Cy
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:41:37 -0400 Clifford E Messner
<cliffmessner1@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> I have a serious problem with my computer. I'm hoping someone
> smarter
> than me can help me.
>
> It seems that my computer (a home-built PC with Win98 OS) has been
> coming
> to a screeching halt during the process of loading Windows. The only
> alternative has been to reset the machine, resulting in Windows
> running
> Scandisk, which usually fixes the problem. This has been only a
> minor
> inconvenience, up till now.
>
> Recently I installed a flatbed USB scanner. Had all sorts of
> problems
> getting it to run, but it finally DOES work. However, the halting
> during
> the loading of Windows has now become an every time occurrence! :o(
>
> I end up having to use the reset button several times, leading to
> the
> option of loading Windows in "Safe Mode", then restarting the
> computer.
> But the process repeats itself, halting while loading Windows, until
> the
> machine finally decides to do a Scandisk procedure. After this,
> after
> getting the option to load in Safe Mode or "Normal", I choose
> "Normal"
> and the doggone thing finally loads Windows properly. The whole
> procedure
> usually takes up to 20 minutes of running in circles.
>
> This may be too complicated to solve by e-mail, but perhaps
> somewhere
> out there in Cyber space there is a wizard who can give me some
> ideas.
>
> Hopefully,
>
> Cliff Messner
> Leslie congregation
> Leslie, Michigan
>
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