-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help needed with ScanDisk
- From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:53:24 -0600
Thanks so much Mike! I will try this tonight.
Much appreciated,
Sammi
Mike wrote:
> Hi Sammi,
> restart the computer in MS DOS
> type in
> scandisk
> click Enter and it will run from DOS.
>
> This will prevent any other programs/application from being loaded
> prior to= the ScanDisk running.
>
> See; http://www.computerhope.com/software/scandisk.htm
>
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> On 8/6/2005 at 10:17 PM Sammi wrote:
>
> Running W98 first edition, Dell Dimension XPS-R400, 320 MB Ram, 13 G
> HD dr. For the past 2 days I have been trying to use ScanDisk from
> Safe Mode,= using
> "Thorough." test.
>
> I get it all set up and running and then I go to bed 'cause it takes
> so= long
> to do. But both mornings I see that several errors have occurred. And
> I don't think there is any way that it has completed the full scan. I
> am not running any screensavers etc.
>
> What other choices do I have to be able to run ScanDisk completely? I=
> didn't
> think this would happen from Safe Mode. Just goes to show... LOL
>
> TIA,
>
> Sammi
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