Scandisk win98 HELP!

ryanch06 · 06-17-2008, 03:30 AM

Hi everyone.

I own a Toshiba Satellite 4090CDS with windows 98 se installed on it. Well the other day i ran scandisk from ms-dos with surface scan. On the surface scan at around 26% through the process the computer locks up and the hard drive starts an unhealthy clicking noise. Does anyone know what to do?

Thanks

CTSNKY · 06-17-2008, 05:22 AM

Clicking noises form a hard drive are NEVER good....chances are good that your hard drive is about to fail.

BACK UP YOUR DATA!! You may only get a small window to extract data before it takes a dump on you. Every time you reboot the machine, the chances of failure increase.

I would plan on getting a new hard drive and reinstalling Windows98.

Given that it's an older machine, your money may be better spent towards a newer/refurbished computer.

ryanch06 · 06-18-2008, 01:33 AM

thanks CTSNKY. I will back up my data now.

06-17-2008, 03:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
ryanch06 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows 98 & Windows XP SP2	Scandisk win98 HELP! Hi everyone. I own a Toshiba Satellite 4090CDS with windows 98 se installed on it. Well the other day i ran scandisk from ms-dos with surface scan. On the surface scan at around 26% through the process the computer locks up and the hard drive starts an unhealthy clicking noise. Does anyone know what to do? Thanks

06-17-2008, 05:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
CTSNKY Knower of all that is MS Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 10,755 OS: (multiple machines) 95, 98, 2K & XP Home & Pro	Re: Scandisk win98 HELP! Clicking noises form a hard drive are NEVER good....chances are good that your hard drive is about to fail. BACK UP YOUR DATA!! You may only get a small window to extract data before it takes a dump on you. Every time you reboot the machine, the chances of failure increase. I would plan on getting a new hard drive and reinstalling Windows98. Given that it's an older machine, your money may be better spent towards a newer/refurbished computer. __________________ GO BIG BLUE!!

06-18-2008, 01:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
ryanch06 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows 98 & Windows XP SP2	Re: Scandisk win98 HELP! thanks CTSNKY. I will back up my data now.