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| Thread ID: 57542 | 2005-05-05 13:04:00 | Scan Disk Problem | bba12 (1139) | Press F1 |
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| 352449 | 2005-05-05 13:04:00 | Hi All My computer has taken to randomly and frequently entering a "scan disk" when I boot . ie A message along the lines of "One of your drives needs to be checked for errors . . . " appears and a 30 min scan disk runs but no problems are ever found . I have heard this may mean a disk crash is imminent . I have backed up important data . Any suggestions on how to manage this problem?? Thank you BBA |
bba12 (1139) | ||
| 352450 | 2005-05-05 19:29:00 | Welcome to PressF1 :) You don't mention was operating system you have, but as you referred to it as scandisk and not chkdsk, I will assume you have WinME/98. This repeated running of scandisk at boot might be because you haven't got the patch which fixes a known bug with fast shutdowns triggering this. Because the machine shuts down too fast, final data is not written to the hard drive in time which makes the computer think it has performed a dirty or improper shutdown therefore scandisk will run on boot each time to check for errors. You can read more here and get a link to a patch - ScanDisk Runs Even Though Windows Shut Down Correctly (support.microsoft.com). If this doesn't help or you have a different OS, then post back with further details. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 352451 | 2005-05-05 19:46:00 | you could check the bios to make sure SMART is enabled that should give you early warning of a physical harddrive prob......and/or you could download and run a manufacturers diagnostic prog for your hard drive which'll also test, more thoroughly, the harddrive physically. | drcspy (146) | ||
| 352452 | 2005-05-06 07:45:00 | Thanks for the replies. I have Windows XP SP2, sorry about being missleading by calling chkdsk "scan disk". :blush: Thanks BBA |
bba12 (1139) | ||
| 352453 | 2005-05-07 01:49:00 | had a pc do that recently. it went away after the nivida video card was removed (and the onboard vid eo was used). i suspect the problem was nvida drivers which where holding up the shutdown nd the pc was turning off before the hardrive had finished. how to fix your pc, i have no idea. i would proberly start looking at what programs are are running in the background. |
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