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Hi all,
I have only Explorer and Systray in the startup and still when running scandisk it does not scan.It says there are prgram that are still running.I have used Enditall program but still the same.
Thanks
This is not the most... "proper" method, but if it doesn't work even if you close programs with EndItAll, you could try this...
1. Turn the computer on, and let Windows load properly.
2. Hit the power switch so it cuts the power.
3. Turn it back on, and it will Scandisk before loading any programs (except Windows).
Kinda crude, but... It works?
-Burbble
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Some viruses will disable scandisk........I have had that happen. If that is the case you will have to disable the worm or virus to get scandisk back. Look for some worms.......you may have nimda or one of the other popular versions running around right now. If nimda is left unchecked....it will eventually spread to the point your machine will have to be formated.
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Wanted to thank the people that help people here great Job keep it up.
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the problem is that you have something running in the background
hit ctrl alt del and see what is running
its probably some ad program which is not allowing scan disk to go on
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Viraj,
You said you have enditall so this is how I use it.
You need to close most of the programs running in the backgrown and the best way to do this is to get *enditall 2* at google. Enditall 2 will close only the programs that are not needed and protect the ones that are needed. It will even let you close your screen saver and power management. First I close the programs in the system tray, the icons by the clock, then I use enditall 2,then do a disk clean, then scan disk and then defrag. On a 34 gb drive it only takes 15 or 20 min. if you do this about every 2 or 3 days.
I also have Norton but I don't use it, it has given me more problems than it has fixed.
I use AVG antivirus You can do a google search for this too. Both AVG and enditall 2
are freeware.
You can get PowerDefrag free at:
E-Technik Website Development. This will do the job fast and eazy.
thebest2uDon
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