Suddenly WIN2K wants to do a file system check of my C: Drive before proceeding to finish loading the OS. (This is the standard WIN2K file-checking screen that sort of does what SCANDISK used to do after you improperly shutdown Windows) Well, it always hangs at 41% or 50%complete...forever! Even if I start out in safe-mode. It will sit overnight even... no progress!!!So I have to shutdown, reboot, and SKIP the test in order to use the computer. From what I can tell, there is nothing obviously wrong with my C: drive and everything else functions properly, including defrag. Ideas?

Try this: schedule a scan disk (going through all the steps) until it asks whether you want it done at the next boot-up. At that point, say 'no'. Perhaps that will untoggle this stickage. Honestly, I can't remember whether doing a system file repair will help this particular bug or not. Put that 'on deck' if above doesn't help.

Thanks for the tip, I will try the toggle idea with scandisk. A "system file repair?' How you do dat? :) tnx, rg

There are 2 ways, which are equivalent: 1) Enter your BIOS, change your boot settings to CD-ROM drive 1st. Boot to Win 2000 CD, and choose Repair system files. 2) Start> Run > 'cmd' (without the quotes) sfc /scannow that's the system file checker utility, and should repair okay, if you did not delete any Service pack setup files.