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scandisk error

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i start windows up and i get a error that there maybe bad sectors and that i need to run scandisk. so i run scandisk and it hangs or just takes forever on a certain file it's checking. any help would be great

Name: ham30
Date: September 14, 2005 at 11:34:04 Pacific

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Boot to dos standalone and type scandisk C: If that fails, type scandisk c: /surface That will thoroughly check your hard drive. You might want to do that in any case. But it will take a LONG time.

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Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: September 14, 2005 at 12:30:42 Pacific

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Does it show the file name that it seems to hang on?

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CD-RW on Win98

boot disc

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