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scandisk keeps restarting
Name: gerard Date: July 9, 2002 at 11:36:04 Pacific
Comment:
when i do scandisk, it keeps restarting on "checking file allocation table.....", is it the cause for slow boot-up? what's the problem for that? help needed urgently.
Name: William Gates Date: July 9, 2002 at 11:41:39 Pacific
Reply:
Hi gerard.
Are you running SCANDISK while in DOS mode?
You should never run SCANDISK, Norton Disk Editor or any disk repair utility from in a DOS window from a DOS prompt while in Windows. These programs can cause serious damage to your hard drive if a Windows program tries to access the hard disk at the same time. To prevent these and other problems, exit windows first and then run the DOS utility.
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Response Number 2
Name: unohoo Date: July 9, 2002 at 11:43:36 Pacific
Reply:
press ctrl+alt+del and end tasl everything except explorer and systray: Also syop your screen saver from running. You don't have any antivirus running - it would have crashed windows by now.
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Response Number 3
Name: WhitPhil Date: July 9, 2002 at 12:26:30 Pacific
Reply:
Don't worry about running Scandisk in a DOS window. Windows is smart emough to switch and run the Windows version.
If the ctl-alt-del doesn't work (since this does not show ALL running tasks), restart to SAFE mode and run scandisk from there.
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Response Number 4
Name: Renaissance Man Date: July 9, 2002 at 12:26:32 Pacific
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