Cannot scandisk

[Nick]

Using xp build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519:service pack 2.
P4 3.4gb with 1gb ram & 300gb hdd. HDD @30% of capacity

Something strange going on.
Today PC very sluggish and odd behaviour.
Normally boots in seconds, now taking about 6 minutes.
Have run virus scan, adaware & Spybot S&D. Nothing peculiar.

Have tried to Scandisk both from normal boot and safe mode.
Get error message: " Windows was unable to complete the disk check" with no
further explanation.
Disk defragmenter shows 3% and does not recommend defrag.

Any ideas please?

Nick.

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

Boot up into *safe* mode. Run your checks from there. See what happens and
get back to this thread with a report on your success/failure.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

 

[Nick]

Thank you Richard,

as per my OP, I have tried from normal and *safe* mode. Without any
success, just the same error message each time.

Regards

Nick.

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

Sorry I missed that.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

I have been successful in running chkdsk from the repair console when it
wouldn't work any other way. I have also had to run it 2-3 times, upon
occasion, to complete all repairs.

You can get to the recovery console by booting up with a Windows XP CD.
Please note that if you are running Windows XP SP2, you will need a Windows
XP CD that has SP2 incorporated into it.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"