I tried a defrag, but it told me I had errors and I need to scan and fix them. But I can't do a scandisk because it tells me I have programs running. What could possible be running. I shut down the firewall, antivirus, screensaver, even the auto-shutdown on the monitor. Scandisk still aborts. Anybody know?
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Date: 2003-10-18 09:24 am (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2003-10-20 10:39 am (UTC)From:Safe mode is a Windows contingency feature that allows you to boot into your Windows environment using a minimal set of drivers and registry settings. It's handy if you ever run into a recurring & unrecoverable error in your normal Windows configuration because it can sometimes allow you to go in and check stuff out without crashing whereas regular bootups might not.
Since it runs only the bare essentials, Safe Mode would probably prevent your system from running crazy background programs with data-access interrupts halting / slowing your scandisks and defrags every time.
For specific info on Safe mode, click here (http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/howto/story/0,24330,10060,00.html).
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Date: 2003-10-20 10:43 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2003-10-20 10:46 am (UTC)From:The directions for 98 should still apply, there's not a whole mess of differences between the two so far as I know.
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Date: 2003-10-20 03:21 pm (UTC)From:Nephychu tells me it is similar to Win98.
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Date: 2003-10-21 06:56 am (UTC)From:When you shut down, does the computer switch itself off, or show you a graphic saying something like "It is now safe to turn off your computer"?
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Date: 2003-10-22 02:05 am (UTC)From:c:\autoexec.bat(you can use notepad or sysedit), add a line at the end sayingscandiskand reboot.no subject
Date: 2003-10-18 04:07 pm (UTC)From:Here's my fix:
I shut down all the programs I have going until it's just "Explorer" and "Systray" running. (You can check by hitting CTRL+ALT+DEL once.
Then I hit the Windows key, P(rograms), A(cessories), S(ystem Tools), S(candisk), Enter - keyboard shortcuts for starting up Scandisk via the Start Menu.
Once Scandisk is open and ready to begin, I hit CTRL-ALT-DEL again, select "Systray" and hit "End Task". After about 10 seconds Windows tells me "The program is not responding" or something similar, and I hit "End Task" again.
Now you have Explorer and Scandisk. If you run Scandisk now, it should perform its function quickly and without interruptions because Systray is no longer doing the annoying hard drive access thing. Once it finishes up, I hit CTRL-ALT-DEL again and shut down / restart the computer.
I usually do defragging overnight - I shut down everything except my firewall (internet traffic lock & block engaged), explorer and systray and it tends to do its job quite smoothly.
Allllllllternatively, you can do an MS-DOS mode scandisk by hitting the Windows Key, (Sh)u(tdown), (Restart in )M(S-DOS mode), Enter and then typing scandisk when you reach the C:\ prompt... The thing is, I've found that my version of Windows (98SE) tends to still believe that there are uncorrected disk errors even when I've ran Scandisk from DOS, so I have to use my aforementioned juryrig method.
Gotta love how Microsoft makes the important things less intuitive and more buggy with every subsequent version of their operating environments.
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Date: 2003-10-20 06:46 am (UTC)From:Now I'm running a defrag. I wonder what it will say when I get home.
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Date: 2003-10-20 10:27 am (UTC)From:It sounds like you've got some system watcher type programs in your startup menu.
You can check what your system runs on startup & reboot by hitting:
Windows Key, R(un),
typing msconfig (microsoft system configuration tool) and hitting enter.
Click the "Startup" tab on the configuration window and go through the program list to make sure that the stuff there is what you want running on your system when you boot up.
Aside from SystemTray, ScanRegistry, LoadPowerProfile, your firewall stuff & any critical hardware or software-assist programs (POINTER.exe for a wheel/explorer mouse, Pop-up Stopper for advertisement blocking, etc) you probably don't want the other stuff to autorun on start-up unless you have no idea how to start those programs up otherwise.
I'd also recommend using Lavasoft's Ad-Aware 6 (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware) at least once a month to scan your system for Spyware programs like Gator which report your user activity to anyone on their client list that wants the information, which allow companies to send information and instructions back to your computer without your knowledge or consent.
If you still have problems after doing all that stuff and trying your disk & data maintenance utilities again, I'd suggest contacting microsoft via e-mail or phone to ask their advice, coz I don't have anything better than that, I don't think. o_o
Except a backup + format, but on a system like mine that's a heck of a lot of work. >_
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Date: 2003-10-20 10:49 am (UTC)From:I meant to get Adaware this weekend, but never got around to it.
I only recently realized there were a couple of odd programs running in my tray that I didn't need or want there.