Scandisk substitute

[BrianE]

I'm having probs with my PC and scandisk just keeps restarting ad
infinitum.

Is there a freeware alternative to scandisk - perhaps something a bit
more powerful?

Regards

B

 

[dszady]

I'm having probs with my PC and scandisk just keeps restarting ad
infinitum.

Is there a freeware alternative to scandisk - perhaps something a bit more
powerful?

See if this helps:
Restart your computer in pure DOS
Type: scandisk/surface/auto
That will do a physical scan of the disk and automatically fix
errors.
When it's done run Defrag in Windows

 

[BrianE]

See if this helps:
Restart your computer in pure DOS

Thicko here doesn't know the command for this..

Type: scandisk/surface/auto
That will do a physical scan of the disk and automatically fix
errors.
When it's done run Defrag in Windows

Will do. Many thanks.

B.

 

[dszady]

Thicko here doesn't know the command for this..


Will do. Many thanks.

Restart:
Win98 = F8 or the Ctrl-key
WinXP is a little more complicated
If you have another operating system besides 98 write back. I'll
cross-post this to 24hoursupport.helpdesk

 

[riz]

do scan disk and defrag after booting into safe mode

 

[riz]

do scan disk and defrag after booting into safe mode

 

[BrianE]

Restart:
Win98 = F8 or the Ctrl-key
WinXP is a little more complicated
If you have another operating system besides 98 write back. I'll
cross-post this to 24hoursupport.helpdesk

Many thanks. I am running ME.

Regards

B

 

[BrianE]

do scan disk and defrag after booting into safe mode

Thanks Riz. I've done this but the scandisk took around 10 hours on the
thorough setting (overnight). Is this normal?

Regards

B

AQpologies for getting a bit OT.

 

[Hello]

Many thanks. I am running ME.

Dont know if this is part fo the problem,but many regard ME as one of
the more bug prone MS products

Can you try another OS? IIRC DOS worked with ME

 

[roush]

Many thanks. I am running ME.

Regards

B

If the problem is "restarts" in Windows 98, 98SE or ME,
get ScanDefrag and run it in Normal Mode.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

For problems, switch to Restrictive Mode and compare
the log against the protected processes in the Readme.

Nick

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[BrianE]

If the problem is "restarts" in Windows 98, 98SE or ME,

Yes it would seem so.

get ScanDefrag and run it in Normal Mode.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

For problems, switch to Restrictive Mode and compare
the log against the protected processes in the Readme.

Nick

Many thanks Nick.

B