Summary: For a healthy hard drive, you should run Scandisk (or Norton Disk Doctor, etc.) if you exit a Windows session by reset button, power failure, from loc...
Summary: On my 386 pc I change the date/time all the time & after reboot it never gives me any problems & I know it isn't y2k ready. Try running scandisk like ...
Summary: i'm looking for a win 3.1 program with the same functionality of 'scandisk.exe'. i just figured out why my browsers crash. i get corrupted files in m...
Summary: My windows for workgroup 3.11 loads and everything is ok but when i exit from windows the machine hangs with "invalid command.com" error I think this ...
Summary: Hi Lightning Lad: Scandisk is a DOS utility in 6.22, exit Windows to DOS prompt & type c:/scandisk to run. Same thing for defrag, run in DOS (c:/defra...
Summary: Hi,I was trying to help someone with an old 486 machine and I can't remember how to run scandisk on this relic.Any help appreciated. Diloi ...
Summary: Boot into Dos (using a floppy or by pressing F5 when starting MSDOS. Then, navigate to the Windows directory by entering CD\WINDOWS. See if progman.e...
Summary: Like all Windows system have a swap file,Windows 3.1 has a permanent one.Try running scandisk and defrag from dos regularly and keep enough free space...
Summary: If you boot w/ a DOS setup disk, it should have an option to install DOS, deleting everything on the hard drive. If it does not automatically run, onc...
Summary: Likely your 486 runs DOS6xx - the disk in the link is designed to work on a system running DOS7 (Win9xDOS) - because there are problems running the ol...
Summary: Currently I reinstalled MS Windows 98 in my PC and while checking its File Struvture it returned an error message that the disk space is not properly ...
Summary: Hi, I'm trying to run WFW 3.11 under DOS 7.10. I have Windows 98 SE and WFW 3.11 (in separate directories) on my C: drive, which is FAT16. Several t...
Summary: I've had experiences like that. It's a software conflict. Run Scandisk. If this doesn't help , I think I would consider unistalling some of my most re...
Summary: Hi Gabriel: These are things you might try, does the floppy drive boot if you put in DOS install disk #1, if not then could be a bad floppy drive, bad...
Summary: Try re-installing Dos, and then run Scandisk. You might have to low-level format the drive. What brand of drive is it? You can usually go to the maker...
Summary: I aborted a install of winnt 4 other day and was left with a mess of stuff to delete,finally got rid of all files and directorys,but when I run chkdsk...
Summary: Hi I cannot start up my laptop. umm when i turn it on.it runs scandisk for windows. In between..somewhere around 42% complete it stops and it says ...
Summary: I have a similar problem as Kairi, but I seem to have all the files for WFW on my hard drive. When I try to open WFW 3.11, I get this message: "Make ...
Summary: Hi greg: Those two file must be from the DOS version you are using, if you use a different version I don't think it will work. I would think it would ...
Summary: Hi Lsd: Same message as Gareth post below, your hard drive could have a virus or bad sectors where data is stored also. First make sure that your hard...
Summary: Ok, that test page is the 'POST' screen (power on self test) - if I understand correctly, the hard drive is listed? Have you been able to enter the a...
Summary: These errors can be indications of a failing hard drive or of a hard drive that has become improperly structured. Run diags on the HDD and check. Run ...
Summary: Yes, any Autoexec.xxx or Config.xxx files except .bat and .sys. Here is a list of files you can delete: .bak - Old file; when a new version of a progr...
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