Win98 1st edition user; For the past one month when ever I have a bad shut down ( ie improper shut down ) , the blue scan disc window which is supposed to appear showing the percentage and checking for hard disc errors is not seen; What happened and how do I get it back Thanks in Advance G. Mathew

Type, MSCONFIG in the Run box, then select Advance button. Uncheck "Disable Scandisk after bad shutdown." Then two OKs.

If the above does not work, try this: That's often controlled by the settings in the msdos.sys file in the topmost folder of your hard drive. Open it with notepad or edit: The [Options] section can contain the following settings. You must manually insert these settings if you want to use them: AutoScan=Number Default: 1 Purpose: Defines whether or not ScanDisk is run after a bad shutdown. A setting of 0 does not run ScanDisk; 1 prompts before running ScanDisk; 2 does not prompt before running ScanDisk but prompts you before fixing errors if any errors are found Before you can make changes in the MSDOS.SYS file, you have to disable its "read only" attribute first. This is how you do it: Right-click the MSDOS.SYS file, then click Properties. Uncheck "read only", then click Apply. Open the file in Notepad and add either the number 1 or the number 2 after AutoScan=. (Note: The number 1 allows you to start it at the prompt. The number 2 allows it to start on its own). Close Notepad. Repeat the above steps and recheck "read only". Close the file and reboot your computer