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Article #522Re: ScanDisc (intensive mode) problem
From: Adam Leinss
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:57
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:57
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tomcat39@gmx.de (TomCat39) wrote in news:e450a1f3.0302161327.b6206ef@posting.google.com: > Hi there, > my fathers PC is a Dell Dimension P3 about 2 years old with a 40 > GB harddrive and Win ME. Recently when doing a normal(standard) > ScanDisc the utility requested the "intensive" mode and a restart. > During this intensive mode after some hours (just before finishing > the 1.2 mega part testing) the program crashed just leaving > coloured lines on the screen. Restarting the PC leads to the same > thing. Once he requested a boot disk before coming to the ScanDisc > part. What could be the reason for that? (Harddisk surface > defects?, a virus?) > How can I fix it? (is there a DOS prg doing that HD scan/repair > job?) Thanks a lot > Tom. > Try Spinrite or Norton Disk Doctor. If you look very, very hard on Google you can find both to "trial". Adam -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
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Subject: Re: ScanDisc (intensive mode) problem
From: Adam Leinss <aleinss@toughguy.net>
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