Hey whenever there is an improper shutdown win ME runs scandisk whenever you restart. for me it stalls a lot after it finishes running and doesn't load windows at all.. is there a way to shut scan disk off to not run automatically? Thanks for the help

from Q152404; To disable Scandisk from running automatically after a bad shutdown, use one of the following procedures: Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Millennium (Me) On the toolbar click Start , click Run , type Msconfig , and then click OK . Click Advanced , and select the Disable Scandisk after bad shutdown option. Click OK twice, and then click Yes to restart your computer. NOTE : For Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition, this procedure adds AutoScan=0 to the [Options] section of the Msdos.sys file. For Windows Me, this procedure adds a Binary value named DisableScandiskOnBoot to the following registry key and sets its value to 01: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem

Tom - if you're getting problems like that, maybe you would also benefit from a look here http://www.computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/14062.html