every time i power up my system scandisk automatically starts scannin though i turned it off properly. where do i turn that off.do i just uninstall it.

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 hope this helps.

I would NOT recommend using that option to disable it. If you do, then it won't run when you really have a bad shutdown. Try installing this MS patch instead. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q273017&

Gday action jackson, I get the same problem whenever my system has shut down improperly, like because of a power failure, or because I've had to turn it off because it's "hung-up" or something. What I do, and works for me, is when the scan box comes up during the boot-up, hit ctrl-alt-del keys, and click on the End Task..... then wait patiently. The system will bypass the scan job and boot up normally. Problem solved until the next time the system isn't shut down properly (for whatever reason). Cheers, Russ

I know this problem. You have too faster procesor and HDD 100 ATA with big Cache. During shutdown, data from the cache is written to the hard disk for storage until the computer is turned on again. During a typical shutdown process, any data written just before shutdown may still reside on the hard disk's hardware cache. Older processors typically execute the shutdown code slowly enough that the hard disk's cache flushed the written data to the physical media before the machine lost power. As processors have increased in speed, the shutdown time has decreased to the point that data may still be in the hardware cache when a computer is turned off, and that data may be lost. This increased processor time, coupled with the fact that hard drive caches have increased in size further increase the chance of data loss. This is not a problem that is specific to Windows, or any given operating system, for that matter. Nor is it specific to any one brand of processor or hardware -- it is an industry-wide issue that affects a variety of vendors. The good news for Windows 98, Second Edition (SE) and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) customers is that Microsoft offers this update. (IDE Hard Drive Cache Package) This update introduces a slight delay in the shutdown process. The delay of two seconds allows the hard drive's onboard cache to write any data to the hard drive.