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Thread ID: 9778	2001-06-15 03:17:00	defrag and scandisk	Guest (0)	Press F1

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14164	2001-06-15 03:17:00	When I try to defrag I get a message 'An error occurred while ScanDisk was attempting to correct the previous error..' It then tells me to to complete a thorough check of the drive etc and then conduct standard test. But when I attempt a thorough test I get the same message as before. When I click OK I get the message 'Scandisk must now restart because another program (or Windows itself) wrote to your disk .. etc' Nothing I can do seems to let me ScanDisk or defrag. I have tried the Microsoft site but it appears worse than useless. I have spent all damned day on it and am going nuts! Does anyone know about this - PLEASE!	Guest (0)
14165	2001-06-15 07:49:00	Hi Peter,try this to complete scandisk & defrag,make sure screen saver is turned off & then select Ctrl+Alt+Delete, Close all programs down except systray & explorer by highlighting them & choosing End Task. This will stop other programs writing to your disk. if no luck post again, steve	Guest (0)
14166	2001-06-15 10:18:00	Thanks, Steve - but would you believe it? Straight after posting my message I went to make a cup of tea and while waiting for the kettle to boil I had a sudden rush of blood to the head! I went back to the computer and restarted it in DOS and ran ScanDisk. It worked perfectly, found all sorts of cross-linked files and goodness knows what else and fixed everything with absolutely no problem. Then I went back into Windows and ran defrag and Presto! it worked perfectly - and now the machine runs like a rocket again. And that is after a completely frustrating all-day messing around with Windows Help files (including Windows online Help), Microsoft online Help and God knows what else, including ringing a local computer firm. Who said Dos should be done away with?!	Guest (0)
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