[access-uk] Re: Problems at startup/scanning drive for consistency?
- From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 21:23:28 +0100
Hi, Catherine,
If this is a recent set of problems, maybe a System Restore back to a time
when things were OK would be a good idea.
I'd do several other things, for what it's worth without being able to play
with your PC.
Firstly it might be worth running CHKDSK (check disk). For this, you'd go
to Start, Run, then when you're in the DOS or command prompt screen, enter
this:-
CHKDSK C:
JAWS as far as I know still works in DOS so you should hear a progress
report of what the program is doing.
It may well say you need to run it again with /F added to the command. If
another program is running that hogs the hard disk, you might be as well to
agree to CHKDSK running at your next startup. Reboot and let it do its
thing. You might get some restored files at the end of it.
Something else you could do would be to reduce the number of programs that
run when you start up, if that's possible. MSCONFIG will show what happens
at startup time. If you know you don't desperately need something to run at
startup, uncheck it. Again, sorry, it's a reboot to make the changes.
Run Disk Cleanup from Accessories/System Tools.
Defragment the drive.
Check for viruses, spyware, etc with whatever you've got.
Hopefully some of these things will improve matters. It's a good day's work
sorting all those things out!
If things don't work out so well, you might have to re-install any damaged
software.
Very best of uluck!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:28 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Problems at startup/scanning drive for consistency?
Hello all,
My computer keeps taking what seems like a long time to start up.
Sometimes it seems to restart itself before starting JAWS/other programs
that come on at startup.
A while ago I was having errors when I started up and got a program to
clean the registry and that seemed to fix things. But now wondering
whether there's another problem...
Today someone sighted told me (when it was taking ages to start up) that
it said it was checking drive c for consistency, you may cancel this but
it is strongly recommended you don't. I let it do its thing, then it
restarted and all seemed fine. But strange things have happened:
1. A message came from JAWS saying JAWS had now been activated as if I'd
only just activated it.
2. Two pieces of hardware I've already installed brought up the Found New
Hardware Wizard, and looking in Control Panel these (a scanner and a USB
TV stick) are no longer listed.
Suggestions?
Catherine
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