-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help needed with ScanDisk
- From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:56:52 -0600
Thanks for reply, Don. And of course, you are right about copying and
sending in the exact error messages. If it happens again I will copy each
one down.
I really appreciate your response,
Sammi
Don wrote:
> My experience is that once scandisk is interrupted by an an outside
> program, such as the screensaver, it STAYS interrupted. So you
> should only see one error message, not several.
>
> Try setting scandisk to automatically fix errors it finds without
> prompting. If that is not the problem you are having, give us the
> full text of the error message(s) you get.
>
> It is possible, though not very common, that something may be loading
> even in SAFE mode that could cause errors. That is why the specific
> error message details are necessary.
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 12:17 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Help needed with ScanDisk
>
>
>> 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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