scandisk keeps rebooting my computer

[Guest]

I selected scandisk to scan each of my partitions while I was in Explore.
Windows says it can only do it when it restarts so I shut down and let it
restart. Now the scandisk starts on the last partition first and when it
gets to the next one it crashes and restarts the computer. The whole thing
starts all over again and keeps rebooting. I need to stop this loop. I can
get access to the hard drive files using another windows install so can
someone tell me what file to delete to kill the scandisk request??? I am
using Windows XP Pro on my system. There must be a way to just kill the
scandisk request before the Windows startup.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I don't know why that is happening offhand bit usually Check Disk gives you
the option to cancel before it starts so be sure to watch the screen
carefully for that possible option to stop it which usually requires that
you hit the space key I believe. Another thing to consider is to try booting
into Safe Mode and if that is not possible select the option for last known
good configuration in the alternate startup menu. --- Steve