Re: Scandisc problem

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From: paul
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:00

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In article <dSfPFJAYcS53EwOK@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk>, Andy Mabbett
<andy@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk> writes
>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?


If in Win95, click on start and leave it with a menu open, then switch
off your monitor.

Disable your screen saver before you run it.

If in Win 98, then use the maintenance wiz/scheduled task to start it
going.

HTH
-- 
paul

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Date: 1999/09/19
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