what has happened to scan disk?

[owais javaid]

please pull me out of this situation
whenever i boot from win98 disk i get something like "A:>"
and when i type "scandisk" a message appears that cluster 2 has some
physical damage which scandisk cannot repair....backup ur data
immediately............it says that I.O/ SYS file or something like
that occupies the cluster...
now,
what is this "A"?????
when i log into Windows XP it shows "A" as my floppy drive????
how is my floppy drive damaged ANd containing the system file???
my computer has 3 partitions C,D,E.....and F is the CD ROM..and as
mentioned A, is the floppy......
now when i type "C:" in the DOS menu by booting with win98 the scan
disk works perfectly.But it doesn't work with D, and E....it shows a
message stating some error like it is a network drive,,etc.
another problem
The hard drive is ATA 80 GB.but
it shows only 74.52 GB...where is the rest of the space on the hard
drive............
also i use a dialup connection which
connects only at 40 Kbps where as it should have be connecting at
56Kbps.....i think my wire is not of good quality...........which wire
should i use in order to get maximum speed??
is there any method by which i can accelerate my download speed
significantly??????
if i use electricity wire (the main supply wire) as a telephone wire
would it help?????

 

[Wesley Vogel]

IO.SYS is usually in the root, i.e. C:\IO.SYS. On XP IO.SYS is a 0 byte
file. IO.SYS is not needed in XP. The IO.SYS that you're seeing is
probably on your floppy disk.

Scandisk.exe does not exist in XP. XP uses chkdsk.exe. Scandisk.exe will
NOT work with NTFS formatted drives.

The only place that you find scandisk.exe is on your A: drive 98 floppy.

A: is almost always a floppy drive. Drive letters A and B are typically
reserved for floppy disk drives. If the computer does not have a floppy disk
drive, you can assign drive letters A and B to removable drives, hard disk
drives, or mapped network drives.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

On regards to your Dial-up connection there's no way you can make that
connection faster, this all depends on the server line that your are
connecting to...
and is hard to get the full speed on those but in a lucky day and time,
you'll get at least 45Kbps

 

[Bruce Chambers]

please pull me out of this situation
whenever i boot from win98 disk i get something like "A:>"
and when i type "scandisk" a message appears that cluster 2 has some
physical damage which scandisk cannot repair....backup ur data
immediately............it says that I.O/ SYS file or something like
that occupies the cluster...
now,
what is this "A"?????
when i log into Windows XP it shows "A" as my floppy drive????
how is my floppy drive damaged ANd containing the system file???
my computer has 3 partitions C,D,E.....and F is the CD ROM..and as
mentioned A, is the floppy......
now when i type "C:" in the DOS menu by booting with win98 the scan
disk works perfectly.But it doesn't work with D, and E....it shows a
message stating some error like it is a network drive,,etc.
another problem
The hard drive is ATA 80 GB.but
it shows only 74.52 GB...where is the rest of the space on the hard
drive............
also i use a dialup connection which
connects only at 40 Kbps where as it should have be connecting at
56Kbps.....i think my wire is not of good quality...........which wire
should i use in order to get maximum speed??
is there any method by which i can accelerate my download speed
significantly??????
if i use electricity wire (the main supply wire) as a telephone wire
would it help?????

WinXP does not have a program called "Scandisk," as this was a
Win9x/Me program. Instead, because WinXP is descended from the
WinNT/2K OS family, it has a command line utility called "Chkdsk,"
which performs much better.

Start > Run > Cmd > Chkdsk.exe /? for the correct syntax and
available options.

Alternatively, double-click My Computer > right-click the desired
hard drive > Properties > Tools > Error-checking/Check Now. This will
run Chkdsk, normally on the next reboot. However, unless you are
actually experiencing a specific problem related to your hard drive's
file system, there's no real need to run Chkdsk. The utility is not
designed to be used as part of any period maintenance plan. If a file
system or hard drive error is detected during the boot process, Chkdsk
will also launch automatically.

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[Lil' Dave]

please pull me out of this situation
whenever i boot from win98 disk i get something like "A:>"

That's normal when booting from a floppy drive with just the boot files on
them. AKA msdos. Or, win98 startup diskette with autoexect corrupted.

and when i type "scandisk" a message appears that cluster 2 has some

Its defaulting to the floppy drive for what to scan.

physical damage which scandisk cannot repair....backup ur data
immediately............it says that I.O/ SYS file or something like

Scandisk cannot repair any boot file area used.
Io.sys is one of 3 files needed for booting msdos, any version.

that occupies the cluster...
now,
what is this "A"?????

A: is your floppy diskette media.

when i log into Windows XP it shows "A" as my floppy drive????
Yes.

how is my floppy drive damaged ANd containing the system file???

The drive isn't damaged, the media is.

my computer has 3 partitions C,D,E.....and F is the CD ROM..and as
mentioned A, is the floppy......
now when i type "C:" in the DOS menu by booting with win98 the scan
disk works perfectly.But it doesn't work with D, and E....it shows a
message stating some error like it is a network drive,,etc.

Since you refuse to describe what D: and E: are, no solution is forthcoming.
C: is the boot partition for 98.

another problem
The hard drive is ATA 80 GB.but
it shows only 74.52 GB...where is the rest of the space on the hard
drive............
Normal.

also i use a dialup connection which
connects only at 40 Kbps where as it should have be connecting at
56Kbps.....i think my wire is not of good quality...........which wire

It may be many things including your telephone wire inside of the
home/apartment. Also may be the server, internet traffic at the time, the
limits of the telephone line locally to the closest telephone service
station or substation. 56K is also a limit depending on which method is
used for 56K by your ISP server if capable. For comparison sake, I have
56Kbps external modem. My connection speed varies from 50 to 46Kbps. The
telephone substation is 1/2 mile from the house. All telephone wiring came
with the 2 year old house. Telephone company provided new wiring at time of
intial telephone installation to the house from the pole.

should i use in order to get maximum speed??
is there any method by which i can accelerate my download speed
significantly??????

Possibly, ADSL. Call your phone company provider.

if i use electricity wire (the main supply wire) as a telephone wire
would it help?????

Absolutely not, and no, could kill you and your PC.

Dave

 

[owais javaid]

please pull me out of this situation
whenever i boot from win98 disk i get something like "A:"
and when i type "scandisk" a message appears that cluster 2 has some
physical damage which scandisk cannot repair....backup ur data
immediately............it says that I.O/ SYS file or something like
that occupies the cluster...
now,
what is this "A"?????
when i log into Windows XP it shows "A" as my floppy drive????
how is my floppy drive damaged and containing the system file???
my computer has 3 partitions C,D,E.....and F is the CD ROM..and as
mentioned A, is the floppy......
now when i type "C:" in the DOS menu by booting with win98 the scan
disk works perfectly.But it doesn't work with D, and E....it shows a
message stating some error like it is a network drive,,etc.
another problem
The hard drive is ATA 80 GB.but
it shows only 74.52 GB...where is the rest of the space on the hard
drive............
also i use a dialup connection which
connects only at 40 Kbps where as it should have be connecting at
56Kbps.....i think my wire is not of good quality...........which wire
should i use in order to get maximum speed??
is there any method by which i can accelerate my download speed
significantly??????

contd............."What has happened to scan disk?"
well i have never used floppy disk to boot into my PC....that is why
i'm confused...that how can the floppy drive be damaged when it
contains no "floppy"??
secondly both D: & E: drives are NTFS so is that the reason for the
scandisk not running on them?
Another thing i'd like to know is that why does the system show the RAM
= 248 MB while it is 256 MB?? and why is it normal to get only 74.52 GB
hard disk instead of the said 80 GB????
MY SYSTEM IS COMPAQ PRESARIO SR150IL
MODEL.......(BRANDED).....

 

[Shenan Stanley]

<answers inline>

please pull me out of this situation
whenever i boot from win98 disk i get something like "A:"
and when i type "scandisk" a message appears that cluster 2 has
some physical damage which scandisk cannot repair....backup ur data
immediately............it says that I.O/ SYS file or something like
that occupies the cluster...
now, what is this "A"?????

when i log into Windows XP it shows "A" as my floppy drive????
how is my floppy drive damaged and containing the system file???
my computer has 3 partitions C,D,E.....and F is the CD ROM..and as
mentioned A, is the floppy......

now when i type "C:" in the DOS menu by booting with win98 the scan
disk works perfectly.But it doesn't work with D, and E....it shows
a message stating some error like it is a network drive,,etc.
another problem

The hard drive is ATA 80 GB.but
it shows only 74.52 GB...where is the rest of the space on the hard
drive............

Answered Below when you asked it again.

also i use a dialup connection which
connects only at 40 Kbps where as it should have be connecting at
56Kbps.....i think my wire is not of good quality...........which
wire should i use in order to get maximum speed??

This can be so many factors - it's not worth trying to fix. The trouble
could be the modem driver, an initialization strong, the modem itself, the
wire going fromthe modem to the wall, the wire inside the wall, the wire
going from your home to the telephone company, the wire going from the
telephone company to the internet service provider, the internet service
providers lines inside their building, the line from the wall to their
modems, their modems and its negotiation with your particular modem, the
modem you happen to get aon any given call, and so on....

is there any method by which i can accelerate my download speed
significantly??????

Get high-speed internet. DSL... Cable Modem... Satellite... Celluar
Modem... Wireless high-speed... etc.


<answers to next post inline as well>

contd............."What has happened to scan disk?"
well i have never used floppy disk to boot into my PC....that is why
i'm confused...that how can the floppy drive be damaged when it
contains no "floppy"??

What?
Are you confused by your own words?

"... whenever i boot from win98 disk i get something like "A:" ..."

"... when i log into Windows XP it shows "A" as my floppy drive????
how is my floppy drive damaged and containing the system file???
my computer has 3 partitions C,D,E.....and F is the CD ROM..and as
mentioned A, is the floppy ..."

Or did you word it badly?

If you had no floppy diskette drive - you should have stated that 'right
off'.
Then stated you had created/downloaded/obtained a bootable Windows 98 CD
someone had created and were booting from it (The Windows 98 CD was *not*
bootable on its own - it required a boot floppy diskette and you could
easily make/download an image of one of these and make it into a CD.)

secondly both D: & E: drives are NTFS so is that the reason for the
scandisk not running on them?

Windows 98 cannot read NTFS.
If you are attempting to run SCANDISK (a Windows 9x/ME product) -> Yes, them
being NTFS would not be readable by scandisk.

Another thing i'd like to know is that why does the system show the
RAM = 248 MB while it is 256 MB?? and why is it normal to get only
74.52 GB hard disk instead of the said 80 GB????

Wow - you are just full of random/Google searchable questions today...

RAM:
Well - do you have a built in video card? Meaning you cannot open the
computer case and pull out the video card you have and set it aside apart
from the motherboard? If so - it is SHARING the memory you have installed.
You have 256MB installed, it shows 248MB - so it is utilizing 8MB for your
video. I would say this is common for older/lower-end machines.

Hard disk drive:
Even easier to explain.

This 'problem' is actually 'misunderstanding of marketing vs. reality'
as you will see...

Advertised --- Approx. Actual Capacity
10GB --- 9.31 GB
20GB --- 18.63 GB
30GB --- 27.94 GB
40GB --- 37.25 GB
60GB --- 55.88 GB
80GB --- 74.51 GB
100GB --- 93.13 GB
120GB --- 111.76 GB
160GB --- 149.01 GB
180GB --- 167.64 GB
200GB --- 186.26 GB
250GB --- 232.83 GB
320GB --- 298.02 GB
400GB --- 372.53 GB
500GB --- 465.66 GB
750GB --- 698.49 GB

The actual formatted and usable storage area is often less than what is
advertised on the boxes of today's hard disks. It's not that the
manufacturers are outright lying, instead they are taking advantage of the
fact that there's no standard set for how to describe a drives' storage
capacity.

This results from a definitional difference among the terms kilobyte (K),
megabyte (MB), and gigabyte (GB). In short, here we use the base-two
definition favored by most of the computer industry and used within Windows
itself, whereas hard drive vendors favor the base-10 definitions. With the
base-two definition, a kilobyte equals 1,024 (210) bytes; a megabyte totals
1,048,576 (220) bytes, or 1,024 kilobytes; and a gigabyte equals
1,073,741,824 (230) bytes, or 1,024 megabytes. With the base-10 definition
used by storage companies, a kilobyte equals 1,000 bytes, a megabyte equals
1,000,000 bytes, and a gigabyte equals 1,000,000,000 bytes.

Put another way, to a hard drive manufacturer, a drive that holds 6,400,000
bytes of data holds 6.4GB; to software that uses the base-two definition,
the same drive holds 6GB of data, or 6,104MB.

So, be prepared when you format that new 320GB drive and find only 298GB of
usable storage space. Isn't marketing wonderful?

MY SYSTEM IS COMPAQ PRESARIO SR150IL
MODEL.......(BRANDED).....

My condolences. ;-) That model does not exist as fas as I can discover...

However, the Compaq Presario SR1500IL Desktop PC does:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=491661&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us

You may want to find your exact model number and repost:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...461&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=491661&lang=en

Here are more FAQs on said product - that if it is your model number - may
help you out:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documentIndex?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=491661&lang=en

 

[Bruce Chambers]

contd............."What has happened to scan disk?"
well i have never used floppy disk to boot into my PC....that is why
i'm confused...that how can the floppy drive be damaged when it
contains no "floppy"??

Unknown. Your description of your partitioning scheme, as well as
vague references to a Win98 disk, are not at all clear. It almost
sounds as if you're trying to boot a WinXP computer using a Win98 boot
diskette. Naturally, if your WinXP partitions are NTFS, the portion of
Win98 loaded into memory by the boot diskette won't be able to read
them. As far as it'll be concerned, the only drive on the computer will
be the A: drive.

secondly both D: & E: drives are NTFS so is that the reason for the
scandisk not running on them?

Scandisk won't run because it doesn't exist on a WinXP system. If
you're trying to use Win98's Scandisk from a Win98 boot diskette to scan
NTFS partitions, you're wasting your time. Win98 *cannot* read or
otherwise access the NTFS file system. Boot into WinXP and use its
native tool, Chkdsk, instead.

Another thing i'd like to know is that why does the system show the RAM
= 248 MB while it is 256 MB??

Does your computer's motherboard happen to have an integrated video
controller that uses a portion (12Mb is common for lower-end
controllers) of the system RAM for video display? Consult the computer
manual.

and why is it normal to get only 74.52 GB
hard disk instead of the said 80 GB????

WinXP, like other operating systems, measures kilobytes, megabytes,
and gigabytes as:

1 Kb = 1024 bytes
1 Mb = 1024 Kb = 1,048,576 bytes
1 Gb = 1024 Mb = 1,073,741,824 bytes

However, a common marketing ploy used by hard drive manufacturers
to make their products seem a bit larger than they really are is to
assign the value of an even 1,000,000,000 bytes to the gigabyte.




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