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| Thread ID: 34408 | 2003-06-12 02:18:00 | Setting Norton Disk Doctor to be the default scanner? | braindead (1685) | Press F1 |
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| 151975 | 2003-06-12 02:18:00 | After a PC freeze-up, Window's ScanDisk insists on being the default repair utility on rebooting PC WinME. - Is there a way I can set Norton Utilitie's Disk Doctor to be the preferred repair utility on bootup? - Is this an ok thing to do? - How can I do this? Thanks and appreciation. John |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 151976 | 2003-06-12 02:30:00 | I'm using the 2002 version, but others should be similar. Start up "Norton Utilities Integrator". Hit options. On the first tab that is displayed, there is an option "Replace scandisk with ndd". HTH. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 151977 | 2003-06-12 03:48:00 | Thanks bmason . That's strange - I have 2002 also and I can't locate "Replace scandisk with ndd" anywhere . I've searched NU's help files but found nothing related to ScanDisk . By Integrator I assume you mean the main NU window (NORTON . EXE) that contains Optimise Performance, Find and Fix Problems etc . John |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 151978 | 2003-06-12 07:52:00 | I went Start > Programs > Norton Utilities 2002 > Norton Utilities Integrator. Pressed "Options" and nope, I didn't have that option either :( Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 151979 | 2003-06-12 08:04:00 | This is what it looks like for me: homepages.paradise.net.nz I'm using win98se, but that shouldn't matter. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 151980 | 2003-06-12 08:12:00 | Very different from mine :) I only have 4 tabs in the options window, and I don't have the third option on that screen (The "Replace Scandisk with NDD") - however I am using Win XP Pro so that might make a difference... however bd is using ME so there shouldn't be any difference between his and yours. Very odd. Mike. PS Perhaps you are using the one from System Works? That might be different. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 151981 | 2003-06-12 08:37:00 | I am using Nortons Utilities (part of NSW 2003) and I don't have that option to have NDD as default either. This is on a WinME machine. | Jen C (20) | ||
| 151982 | 2003-06-12 09:15:00 | Hmm.... well I have more or less the same as Brett, just the System Check Scheduler tab missing, maybe because I havent set any auto tasks. Running Win98SE with System Works 2002 and just the Utilities and Ghost installed. Just checked using NDD after pushing re-set. NDD takes longer than scandisk, but at least it tells you exactly what its doing in much more detail than Scandisk does. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 151983 | 2003-06-12 09:18:00 | Hmmmm . . . strange indeed . I did uninstall NU and on reinstall I noticed one of the install options was to use NDD instead of ScanDisk . Now I'm fairly sure (with some doubt) that I checked the tickbox for NDD last time I installed NU . Remains to be seen if after the next crash NDD is the app that deals with it . Thanks to all of you who jumped in here with your comments . John |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 151984 | 2003-06-12 09:26:00 | You dont have to wait until you get a crash, just restart the computer via the reset button or by powering down and on again, you will soon see when it reboots which program starts. You should be able to get to Bretts screen shot from the Options button, the Norton Utilities, on the main utilities page where you have the One Button Checkup etc. Cheers |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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