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Thread ID: 41107	2003-12-30 07:46:00	Scandisk - says had to restart programs running !	Digby (677)	Press F1

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204178	2003-12-30 07:46:00	I am trying to run Norton Optimiser (with little success) I am running a full Scandisk test (thorough disk media) It came up with a message that it had to restart due to programs running. Yet I think I have disabled them all... I used Ctrl Alt Del and removed all running prgrams except Explorer. What else can be running ? And how can one find out ? I am using Windows Me I know this is a hoary old one, but so am I Thanks Digby And why don't they make prgrams such as Norton tell you before they start or even better tell you what is running ?	Digby (677)
204179	2003-12-30 07:52:00	Run scandisk after booting up in safemode as you'll find there are System Processes which the Process Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) does not show - could be a device driver recording to a log file that's doing it? Basically, If anything writes to the drive during scandisk you'll find that it will want to start from scratch again and will complain that there is a running process.	cyberchuck (173)
204180	2003-12-30 09:27:00	Thanks Cyberchuck, I do not want to run it in Safe Mode as my next step will be to be run Optimiser and that DOES NOT run in Safe Mode. When I try to Optimse it keeps restarting and I now suspect that it is the system process that you speak of that may be causing it, so I need to know what they are and how to turn them off ! Any clues anyone ? Digby	Digby (677)
204181	2003-12-30 10:07:00	Screensavers often cause problems. I turn mine off.	Susan B (19)
204182	2003-12-30 12:11:00	If you are using ME, boot with your start floppy and run Scandisk from Dos. Then go to Windows and Optimize. You can also just reset the computer & it will run Scandisk before booting Windows. Optimize is a fancy word Defrag, you can use the Windows one, or Norton.	Mzee (158)
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