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Article #640Re: Scandisc problem
From: Chris Kennington
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:00
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andy@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk "Andy Mabbett" wrote:
"A couple of times lately, while running Scandisc overnight, I've been
"told "Windows has had to restart 10 times because another programme is
"using this drive" (I paraphrase). I've even tried closing down
"everything in sight (via CTRL- ALT- DEL).
"
"What can I do?
[Other interesting posts read]
I have had this problem quite often. Using Startup Manager to
eliminate everything possible helps. (Btw, I thought that Scandisk
was supposed to deactivate the screensaver?).
But the best (though not free) solution is to run Norton Disk
Doctor instead. It is a good deal faster than Scandisk, does not seem
to get restarted so often, hustles through the restarts quickly, and
does not seem to have a maximum-restarts count set. So it always
completes, unless there os a complete disk-hang.
(You can often find outdated versions of Norton Utilities at
cut-price. W95 version 2 is fine.)
Chris K.
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