Scandisk

Whenever I run Scandisk (I need to because I cannot Defrag as I am told
there are errors on the disc and Scandisk is recommended) after about two
minutes I get a box telling me that Scandisk has restarted ten times because
Windows or another program is writing to this drive. I have no other programs
whatsoever running at the time!
Has anyone any idea what is happening. Help would be much appreciated.
Paul

Mike
Wed Mar 01 12:39:52 CST 2006

Paul,

Boot to Safe Mode and run Scandisk from there. Alternatively and possibly
better boot to DOS using a Win Me boot floppy and run Scandisk from the
DOS prompt. Safe Mode will reduce the number of processes such as your AV
and firewall writing to the hard disk during the scandisk and running
Scandisk from DOS will remove them entirely.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


Paul. Re: Scandisk <Paul. Re: Scandisk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Whenever I run Scandisk (I need to because I cannot Defrag as I am
> told there are errors on the disc and Scandisk is recommended) after
> about two minutes I get a box telling me that Scandisk has restarted
> ten times because Windows or another program is writing to this
> drive. I have no other programs whatsoever running at the time!
> Has anyone any idea what is happening. Help would be much appreciated.
> Paul

John
Wed Mar 01 12:45:53 CST 2006

Try running it in Safemode or in a Command Prompt Start. See here:

Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222469

Or try this:

ScanDefrag 5.2
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/

or EndItAll
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,697,00.asp

John


Paul. Re: Scandisk wrote:
> Whenever I run Scandisk (I need to because I cannot Defrag as I am told
> there are errors on the disc and Scandisk is recommended) after about two
> minutes I get a box telling me that Scandisk has restarted ten times because
> Windows or another program is writing to this drive. I have no other programs
> whatsoever running at the time!
> Has anyone any idea what is happening. Help would be much appreciated.
> Paul

PaulReScandisk
Thu Mar 02 01:56:27 CST 2006

Mike,
Many thanks.This has worked perfectly. I have now run standard Scandisk from
Safe Mode and this ran absolutely normally. revealing several faults which it
repaired.The Defrag then worked perfectly.
Thanks also for the advice you sent me on booting into Safe Mode - i.e.
keep tapping the Cntrl or F8 key as PC is powered up.
Thanks again
.Paul

"Mike M" wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Boot to Safe Mode and run Scandisk from there. Alternatively and possibly
> better boot to DOS using a Win Me boot floppy and run Scandisk from the
> DOS prompt. Safe Mode will reduce the number of processes such as your AV
> and firewall writing to the hard disk during the scandisk and running
> Scandisk from DOS will remove them entirely.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> Paul. Re: Scandisk <Paul. Re: Scandisk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Whenever I run Scandisk (I need to because I cannot Defrag as I am
> > told there are errors on the disc and Scandisk is recommended) after
> > about two minutes I get a box telling me that Scandisk has restarted
> > ten times because Windows or another program is writing to this
> > drive. I have no other programs whatsoever running at the time!
> > Has anyone any idea what is happening. Help would be much appreciated.
> > Paul
>
>

PaulReScandisk
Thu Mar 02 01:58:26 CST 2006

John,
Many thanks for taking the time to answer my question. Starting form Safe
Mode worked perfectly.Help much appreciated.

"John John" wrote:

> Try running it in Safemode or in a Command Prompt Start. See here:
>
> Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222469
>
> Or try this:
>
> ScanDefrag 5.2
> http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/
>
> or EndItAll
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,697,00.asp
>
> John
>
>
> Paul. Re: Scandisk wrote:
> > Whenever I run Scandisk (I need to because I cannot Defrag as I am told
> > there are errors on the disc and Scandisk is recommended) after about two
> > minutes I get a box telling me that Scandisk has restarted ten times because
> > Windows or another program is writing to this drive. I have no other programs
> > whatsoever running at the time!
> > Has anyone any idea what is happening. Help would be much appreciated.
> > Paul
>
>

kbsmith9
Thu Mar 02 19:50:05 CST 2006

Sounds like good advice but I hate safe mode. All my icons want to take up
new residences elsewhere and I have to retrain them. I accomplish the same
thing by using ctrl, alt, delete and close each program one at a time except
systray and explorer. After that scandisk and defrag work fine.
Kelly
Ohio

"Paul. Re: Scandisk" wrote:

> John,
> Many thanks for taking the time to answer my question. Starting form Safe
> Mode worked perfectly.Help much appreciated.
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
> > Try running it in Safemode or in a Command Prompt Start. See here:
> >
> > Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222469
> >
> > Or try this:
> >
> > ScanDefrag 5.2
> > http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/
> >
> > or EndItAll
> > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,697,00.asp
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > Paul. Re: Scandisk wrote:
> > > Whenever I run Scandisk (I need to because I cannot Defrag as I am told
> > > there are errors on the disc and Scandisk is recommended) after about two
> > > minutes I get a box telling me that Scandisk has restarted ten times because
> > > Windows or another program is writing to this drive. I have no other programs
> > > whatsoever running at the time!
> > > Has anyone any idea what is happening. Help would be much appreciated.
> > > Paul
> >
> >

Alias
Thu Mar 02 20:05:16 CST 2006

kbsmith9 wrote:
> Sounds like good advice but I hate safe mode. All my icons want to take up
> new residences elsewhere and I have to retrain them.

XP has eliminated that problem. It used to drive me nuts when I had Me.

Alias
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John
Thu Mar 02 20:23:16 CST 2006

XP has all kinds of other thing to drive people mad... ;-)

John

Alias wrote:

> kbsmith9 wrote:
>
>> Sounds like good advice but I hate safe mode. All my icons want to
>> take up new residences elsewhere and I have to retrain them.
>
>
> XP has eliminated that problem. It used to drive me nuts when I had Me.
>
> Alias

Doc
Fri Mar 03 03:47:03 CST 2006

=?Utf-8?B?a2JzbWl0aDk=?= <kbsmith9@usa.net> wrote in
news:0EE73038-9AC0-4898-AA34-0311E62E5BE5@microsoft.com:

> Sounds like good advice but I hate safe mode. All my icons want to
> take up new residences elsewhere and I have to retrain them.

Check out this handy utility. You 'save' your desktop icon layout, and
can restore it anytime your desktop gets messed up. I have used it for
years and it works faultlessly on WinME.

http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

<quote>

Icon Restore installs LAYOUT.DLL (along with the required registry
entries) from Microsoft. Two new options are added to the pop up menu
that opens when any Windows system icon (ex. My Computer) is right
clicked. These options are "Save Desktop Icon Layout" and "Restore
Desktop Icon Layout".

--
Adam and Eve - the worlds happiest couple ever.
Neither had a mother-in-law.

Justin
Fri Mar 03 16:58:25 CST 2006


"Doc" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:rgUNf.864$JZ1.59055@news.xtra.co.nz...
: =?Utf-8?B?a2JzbWl0aDk=?= <kbsmith9@usa.net> wrote in
: news:0EE73038-9AC0-4898-AA34-0311E62E5BE5@microsoft.com:
:
: > Sounds like good advice but I hate safe mode. All my icons want to
: > take up new residences elsewhere and I have to retrain them.
:
: Check out this handy utility. You 'save' your desktop icon layout, and
: can restore it anytime your desktop gets messed up. I have used it for
: years and it works faultlessly on WinME.
:
: http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html
:
: <quote>
:
: Icon Restore installs LAYOUT.DLL (along with the required registry
: entries) from Microsoft. Two new options are added to the pop up menu
: that opens when any Windows system icon (ex. My Computer) is right
: clicked. These options are "Save Desktop Icon Layout" and "Restore
: Desktop Icon Layout".
:
: --
: Adam and Eve - the worlds happiest couple ever.
: Neither had a mother-in-law.

And here's another fine application for restoring desktop icons:

http://www.sillysot.com/

It has many other features but the really invaluable one is its ability to
put all icons back where you left them (provided that you save their
positions before entering Safe Mode).

Justin
Fri Mar 03 17:02:15 CST 2006


"Justin Thyme" <krblmb@uncertain.com> wrote in message
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:

Sorry! I neglected to affix my real name at the end. It's Ken Bland.

: And here's another fine application for restoring desktop icons:
:
: http://www.sillysot.com/
:
: It has many other features but the really invaluable one is its ability to
: put all icons back where you left them (provided that you save their
: positions before entering Safe Mode).

Ken Bland

webster72n
Fri Mar 03 20:55:52 CST 2006

Ken:

Your first choice was better, I think.
Thanks.

Harry.


"Justin Thyme" <krblmb@uncertain.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Justin Thyme" <krblmb@uncertain.com> wrote in message
> news:%23LYJ1XxPGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> :
>
> Sorry! I neglected to affix my real name at the end. It's Ken Bland.
>
> : And here's another fine application for restoring desktop icons:
> :
> : http://www.sillysot.com/
> :
> : It has many other features but the really invaluable one is its ability
to
> : put all icons back where you left them (provided that you save their
> : positions before entering Safe Mode).
>
> Ken Bland
>
>