Hey Clarence .... you must have the "Thorough" box ticked (or surface test). That checks the hard disk for physical problems. Normal scandisk takes at most 2-3 minutes (unless a problem is found). Untick that puppy and watch scandisk do it's thing in a hurry. Howard bint@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >Now I gots a question Chuck! Does this scandisk >option take 6 hours to run on a 20GB disk as does >the scandisk in Start/Programs/Accessories/System >Tools/scandisk? > UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk