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Defragment and Scandisk errors
Name: Chuck Date: February 9, 2003 at 11:58:43 Pacific OS: ME CPU/Ram: 128
Comment:
I have ran a Scandisk and got a message saying there are no errors in the drive after scanning. I tried to run a Defrag but after 5% I get an error message saying I must run Scandisk because there are errors in the drive. I have ME and running in Safe mode. Whats next for me???
Name: sqwirly Date: February 9, 2003 at 12:30:34 Pacific
Reply:
Chuck- Are you running a "thorough" scan disk? Probably a dumb question, but sometimes the obvious is overlooked. If you didn't run thorough, you need to. This could take quite a while to complete, depending on how much is on your drive. Yes you should run in safe mode and follow with defrag and disk clean-up. Good luck.
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Response Number 2
Name: Chuck Date: February 9, 2003 at 13:05:55 Pacific
Reply:
Yes I am running in "thourough". I ran Disk Clean up and Scadisk.
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Response Number 3
Name: WhitPhil Date: February 9, 2003 at 13:11:50 Pacific
Reply:
The errors found are frequently in the IE cache or in \temp files.
Restart to DOS with your startup disk and at the C:\ prompt enter the following commands
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