Scan disk problem

I have some program running in background that writes to hard
disk continuously, even with all programs shut down except
explorer and systray. Because of this, scandisk will not
run, even on startup. Both scandisk and defrag must
restart every few seconds. How can I find and eliminate
this program? I tried restarting in "safe mode" and still get the error that
scan disk restarted 10 times. I have McAffee virus and fire wall running.
Nothing shows a virus. I don't know what else to try. Can anyone help.

David
Wed Nov 12 10:58:01 CST 2003

Perform your scandisk in Safe Mode.

Dave



"Sheldon Minkon" <sminkon@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
news:20031112111249.29167.00000069@mb-m12.aol.com...
| I have some program running in background that writes to hard
| disk continuously, even with all programs shut down except
| explorer and systray. Because of this, scandisk will not
| run, even on startup. Both scandisk and defrag must
| restart every few seconds. How can I find and eliminate
| this program? I tried restarting in "safe mode" and still get the error that
| scan disk restarted 10 times. I have McAffee virus and fire wall running.
| Nothing shows a virus. I don't know what else to try. Can anyone help.

anonymous
Wed Nov 12 11:10:24 CST 2003

See below
>-----Original Message-----
>Perform your scandisk in Safe Mode.
>
>Dave
>

He said he'd tried that!
See below
>
>
>"Sheldon Minkon" <sminkon@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
>news:20031112111249.29167.00000069@mb-m12.aol.com...
>| I have some program running in background that writes to
hard
>| disk continuously, even with all programs shut down except
>| explorer and systray. Because of this, scandisk will not
>| run, even on startup. Both scandisk and defrag must
>| restart every few seconds. How can I find and eliminate
>| this program? I tried restarting in "safe mode" and
still get the error that
>| scan disk restarted 10 times. I have McAffee virus and
fire wall running.

That could well be your problem.
Try stopping (or disabling if that's what they call it)
your antivirus software and your firewall - after all you
will be off-line, won't you? (unplug broadband)
After you've succeeeded in fixing (scandisk) and
defragging, investigate why your AV and/or firewall are
writing to disk so often. They may be builing huge
logfiles, which may be a major cause of your disk congestion.
By the way, AV is barely worthwhile this year, with viruses
propagating much more rapidly than they can be recognised
and now mostly targetting XP. Also, a firewall is of very
little value with WinME which doesn't have nearly as many
useable loopholes for hackers as WinXP. Just be careful out
there and you don't need either.


>| Nothing shows a virus. I don't know what else to try.
Can anyone help.
>
>
>.
>

Koldbear
Wed Nov 12 11:21:53 CST 2003

Get the free ScanDefrag. It is the most advanced disk maintenance
program there is. It runs Disk Cleanup, ScanDisk, and Disk
Defragmenter. It's easy to setup and use, and it can deal with
problems like "drive's contents have changed: restarting...".
Get it and read about all the options it has that you can use.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

It is not unusual to see Defrag restart a number of times.=20
It is , however, unusual to see ScanDisk restart.
This is why I suggest starting it at bedtime and letting it run =
overnight.
Please, email "The ScanDefrag Team" if you have any problems using our =
program. Your problem, will be properly attended to. And we assure you, =
that every attempt will be made to resolved it..
To see how to email us, read the ScanDefrag "Readme" file, using =
ScanDefrag under the "Help" menu.

--=20
8O)
Koldbear
Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY


"Sheldon Minkon" <sminkon@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message =
news:20031112111249.29167.00000069@mb-m12.aol.com...
> I have some program running in background that writes to hard=20
> disk continuously, even with all programs shut down except=20
> explorer and systray. Because of this, scandisk will not=20
> run, even on startup. Both scandisk and defrag must=20
> restart every few seconds. How can I find and eliminate=20
> this program? I tried restarting in "safe mode" and still get the =
error that
> scan disk restarted 10 times. I have McAffee virus and fire wall =
running.
> Nothing shows a virus. I don't know what else to try. Can anyone help.

David
Wed Nov 12 11:27:55 CST 2003

Sheldon:

I missed the fact you already tried Safe Mode -- sorry for that.

Have you tried booting from a Win98 Emergency Boot Disk and using SCANDISK in DOS ?

Dave



"Sheldon Minkon" <sminkon@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
news:20031112111249.29167.00000069@mb-m12.aol.com...
| I have some program running in background that writes to hard
| disk continuously, even with all programs shut down except
| explorer and systray. Because of this, scandisk will not
| run, even on startup. Both scandisk and defrag must
| restart every few seconds. How can I find and eliminate
| this program? I tried restarting in "safe mode" and still get the error that
| scan disk restarted 10 times. I have McAffee virus and fire wall running.
| Nothing shows a virus. I don't know what else to try. Can anyone help.

Jack
Wed Nov 12 15:21:44 CST 2003

I have the identical problem Sheldon reported. ScanDefrag
is a neat program, but it is helpless in overriding the
background program periodically writing to disk. Unless
we can find and eliminate the program, scandisk and defrag
won't run without endless restarts. Can it be something
embedded in Systray?
>-----Original Message-----
>Get the free ScanDefrag. It is the most advanced disk
maintenance
>program there is. It runs Disk Cleanup, ScanDisk, and Disk
>Defragmenter. It's easy to setup and use, and it can deal
with
>problems like "drive's contents have changed:
restarting...".
>Get it and read about all the options it has that you can
use.
>http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
>http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html
>
>It is not unusual to see Defrag restart a number of
times.
>It is , however, unusual to see ScanDisk restart.
>This is why I suggest starting it at bedtime and letting
it run overnight.
>Please, email "The ScanDefrag Team" if you have any
problems using our program. Your problem, will be properly
attended to. And we assure you, that every attempt will
be made to resolved it..
>To see how to email us, read the ScanDefrag "Readme"
file, using ScanDefrag under the "Help" menu.
>
>--
>8O)
>Koldbear
>Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
>
>
>"Sheldon Minkon" <sminkon@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
news:20031112111249.29167.00000069@mb-m12.aol.com...
>> I have some program running in background that writes
to hard
>> disk continuously, even with all programs shut down
except
>> explorer and systray. Because of this, scandisk will
not
>> run, even on startup. Both scandisk and defrag must
>> restart every few seconds. How can I find and
eliminate
>> this program? I tried restarting in "safe mode" and
still get the error that
>> scan disk restarted 10 times. I have McAffee virus and
fire wall running.
>> Nothing shows a virus. I don't know what else to try.
Can anyone help.
>.
>

Koldbear
Wed Nov 12 20:20:40 CST 2003

Email the ScanDefrag team along with a copy of the log file created by =
ScanDefrag.
Open ScanDefrag and click "Help".

--=20

- The ScanDefrag Team -
Koldbear

"Jack Johnson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
news:0b6f01c3a962$f8d7d790$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I have the identical problem Sheldon reported. ScanDefrag=20
> is a neat program, but it is helpless in overriding the=20
> background program periodically writing to disk. Unless=20
> we can find and eliminate the program, scandisk and defrag=20
> won't run without endless restarts. Can it be something=20
> embedded in Systray?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Get the free ScanDefrag. It is the most advanced disk=20
> maintenance
> >program there is. It runs Disk Cleanup, ScanDisk, and Disk
> >Defragmenter. It's easy to setup and use, and it can deal=20
> with
> >problems like "drive's contents have changed:=20
> restarting...".
> >Get it and read about all the options it has that you can=20
> use.
> >http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
> >http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html
> >
> >It is not unusual to see Defrag restart a number of=20
> times.=20
> >It is , however, unusual to see ScanDisk restart.
> >This is why I suggest starting it at bedtime and letting=20
> it run overnight.
> >Please, email "The ScanDefrag Team" if you have any=20
> problems using our program. Your problem, will be properly=20
> attended to. And we assure you, that every attempt will=20
> be made to resolved it..
> >To see how to email us, read the ScanDefrag "Readme"=20
> file, using ScanDefrag under the "Help" menu.
> >
> >--=20
> >8O)
> >Koldbear
> >Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
> >
> >
> >"Sheldon Minkon" <sminkon@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message=20
> news:20031112111249.29167.00000069@mb-m12.aol.com...
> >> I have some program running in background that writes=20
> to hard=20
> >> disk continuously, even with all programs shut down=20
> except=20
> >> explorer and systray. Because of this, scandisk will=20
> not=20
> >> run, even on startup. Both scandisk and defrag must=20
> >> restart every few seconds. How can I find and=20
> eliminate=20
> >> this program? I tried restarting in "safe mode" and=20
> still get the error that
> >> scan disk restarted 10 times. I have McAffee virus and=20
> fire wall running.
> >> Nothing shows a virus. I don't know what else to try.=20
> Can anyone help.
> >.
> >