scandisk and winME - 48hrs later

wayne_abx · 01-01-2005, 11:43 AM

48hrs later on a friend's computer, scandisk is still going though it is close to being finished. Unfortunately scandisk needs to finish before I can use the Defrag since I receive an error that scandisk needs to run complete test.

And this is after disabling PCHealth, TaskMonitor, process system.ini file, process win.ini file, load startup group

Though "HDD Regenerator" didn't find any bad blocks or any other problems, apparently scandisk is finding file problems for the time it is taking?

There has got to be a better way to do this NOTE: format is out of the question since several programs can not be replaced/reloaded Any bright ideas or just let scandisk continue to run since it looks like it will be done in about 12hrs after already going 48hrs!

-wayne

wallijonn · 01-01-2005, 03:08 PM

Just how big is this disk drive? 300GB?

You don't say what could have caused the problem in the first place. I would have re-installed WME over the old install. This would have kept the old registry settings and restored any system .dlls which may have been corrupted, like the chipset .infs.

If it is that bad, you could have booted into Safe Mode and created a new directory and saved his data to it, possibly added a new HD and copied the files over.

dddibley · 01-01-2005, 03:14 PM

Drive manufacturers have pretty good disk utilities for their products. Something to look in to. 48 hours just doesn't sound right. Hope the defrag doesn't take that long too.

ddd

wayne_abx · 01-02-2005, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wallijonn

Just how big is this disk drive? 300GB?

You don't say what could have caused the problem in the first place. I would have re-installed WME over the old install. This would have kept the old registry settings and restored any system .dlls which may have been corrupted, like the chipset .infs.

If it is that bad, you could have booted into Safe Mode and created a new directory and saved his data to it, possibly added a new HD and copied the files over.

She doesn't know what caused the problem? but I gone ahead and let scandisk run its course and all is will, defrag now works and the system is now snappy.

I would have prefered to format but as I said, she had programs installed but couldn't locate the CDs for me to do a complete re-install, with the problems I didn't want to take a chance of installing over the top. FYI, it was only a 40gig HD

-wayne

01-01-2005, 11:43 AM	#1
wayne_abx Never Ending Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Vancouver, Washington (State) Posts: 4,188	scandisk and winME - 48hrs later 48hrs later on a friend's computer, scandisk is still going though it is close to being finished. Unfortunately scandisk needs to finish before I can use the Defrag since I receive an error that scandisk needs to run complete test. And this is after disabling PCHealth, TaskMonitor, process system.ini file, process win.ini file, load startup group Though "HDD Regenerator" didn't find any bad blocks or any other problems, apparently scandisk is finding file problems for the time it is taking? There has got to be a better way to do this NOTE: format is out of the question since several programs can not be replaced/reloaded Any bright ideas or just let scandisk continue to run since it looks like it will be done in about 12hrs after already going 48hrs! -wayne __________________ System-1 (primary) Intel D875PBZLK FMB 1.5 > Pentium 4/ 3.0E (D0) > Crucial Ballistix 512mb PC4000 (Dual Channel) > ATI Radeon 9500 Pro (128) > Audigy 2 Platinum > Thermaltake P4 Spark 7+ (Xaser Edition) - Antec 80x80mm x5 > 1x 80GB WD SE - 2x Seagate 200GB 7200RPM Barracuda 7200.7 Plus SATA > Lite-On LDW811s dvd +/- Tashiba SDM1712 DvD > Antec 430 TP > WinXP W/SP-2 Gigabit Network, Linksys WRT54GS, Linksys EG008W 8-port gigabit switch, ximeta network storage, Motorola SB4200
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01-01-2005, 03:08 PM	#2
wallijonn PHX Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 2,569	Just how big is this disk drive? 300GB? You don't say what could have caused the problem in the first place. I would have re-installed WME over the old install. This would have kept the old registry settings and restored any system .dlls which may have been corrupted, like the chipset .infs. If it is that bad, you could have booted into Safe Mode and created a new directory and saved his data to it, possibly added a new HD and copied the files over. __________________ D875PBZLK, MAC G4-933
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01-01-2005, 03:14 PM	#3
dddibley Time well wasted Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 2,276	Drive manufacturers have pretty good disk utilities for their products. Something to look in to. 48 hours just doesn't sound right. Hope the defrag doesn't take that long too. ddd
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