Alternate program 4 scandisk win98se

Prophet · 06-27-2009, 10:52 PM

Essentially scandisk won't run preboot. if I run it after windows boots I get scandisk has had to restart 10 times do you wish to continue warning. It's been too many yrs since I used 98 or me and I never used 98se which is installed. I know norton system works used to have a scandisk replacement but was wondering if there's any freeware program or dos tricks I can use to get this cleared up?

**TheOutcaste** · 06-27-2009, 11:44 PM

Run it from Safe Mode, or boot from the Win98 Startup disk and run scandisk from the command prompt

**blah789** · 06-28-2009, 05:21 AM

Usually when you get the scandisk has to restart, it means there's disk activity (scandisk can't safely run while there are reads and writes to the drive). There's two ways to remedy this: disable any background processes (check your system tray). The other way is to do it from DOS (my preferred way). When you boot, press F8 and pick boot into the command prompt only. Then type
scandisk c:
When you're done, press ctrl-alt-del to restart.

06-27-2009, 10:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Prophet Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 146 OS: win xp pro	Alternate program 4 scandisk win98se Essentially scandisk won't run preboot. if I run it after windows boots I get scandisk has had to restart 10 times do you wish to continue warning. It's been too many yrs since I used 98 or me and I never used 98se which is installed. I know norton system works used to have a scandisk replacement but was wondering if there's any freeware program or dos tricks I can use to get this cleared up? __________________ "Have you tried turning it off then turning it on again?" - The IT Crowd

06-27-2009, 11:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheOutcaste TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 827 OS: MS-Dos 6.22 - Win7	Re: Alternate program 4 scandisk win98se Run it from Safe Mode, or boot from the Win98 Startup disk and run scandisk from the command prompt __________________ Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Of course I know all the answers; I just don't always match the answers to the right questions. Rated R for Violence -- When your PC flies through a window, that's violent, right?

06-28-2009, 05:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,332 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: Alternate program 4 scandisk win98se Usually when you get the scandisk has to restart, it means there's disk activity (scandisk can't safely run while there are reads and writes to the drive). There's two ways to remedy this: disable any background processes (check your system tray). The other way is to do it from DOS (my preferred way). When you boot, press F8 and pick boot into the command prompt only. Then type scandisk c: When you're done, press ctrl-alt-del to restart.