Alias
Thu Jul 08 12:12:10 CDT 2004
"Donthatp" <donthatp@aol.com> wrote
> Nothing is working. I reinstalled Windows ME and the darn thing froze
> during scandisk again! What are my options?
Maybe it's your hard drive as that is what Scandisk is scanning.
Alias
>
> donthatp@aol.com (Donthatp) wrote in message
news:<14cdfb97.0407011246.73bfbf5e@posting.google.com>...
> > I tried running scandisk in safe mode and my machine froze on me while
> > it was running. It actually froze twice at roughly the same point. The
> > scandisk was scanning clusters when it froze (that probably doesn't
> > mean anything). It sounds like my only option is to reinstall windows
> > ME on top of itself from the CD like you suggest. Hope that works. I
> > have not installed any new programs other than Ad-aware 6.0 in quite a
> > while. My machine is protected by McAfee Firewall and Virus Scan. Is
> > this "freezing" thing a problem with Windows ME? It's not the first
> > time it's happened, so should I change my operating system?
> >
> >
> > "war17" <war@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:<10e33haao28qhc2@corp.supernews.com>...
> > > Run scandisk in safe mode.
> > >
> > > If you want to reinstall Windows ME, reinstall Windows on top of
itself. You
> > > will not lose data. Boot up with your Windows CD. If not bootable,
boot to
> > > DOS with CD ROM support. If you don't have such boot disk, get one
from
> > > www.bootdisk.com. While in DOS, put in your Windows CD. Type "setup"
or
> > > "E:\setup" without the quotes.
> > >
> > > If you don't have the Windows CD, the system files may be in the CABS
> > > folder. From a:> type "c:\windows\options\cabs\setup" without the
quotes and
> > > hit ENTER.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Warren
> > > For additional help, post in
> > >
http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInternetExplorerorWindowsME/homepage
> > >
> > > "Donthatp" <donthatp@aol.com> wrote in message
> > > news:14cdfb97.0406290728.48f6d30e@posting.google.com...
> > > > My WindowsMe freezes all the time. The latest occurance was when my
> > > > wife was having trouble with our ALL-IN-ONE printer. I've tried to
use
> > > > scandisk to fix any problems, but it keeps restarting mid-process.
And
> > > > scandisk only seems to work in standard mode. I'm considering
> > > > reinstalling the operating system, but I assume that would wipe
> > > > everything off my computer. Is there a way to save everything I have
> > > > before starting this process? Better still, other than upgrading,
what
> > > > are my options?