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07-11-2004, 04:49 PM
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Something is Writing To Hard Drive???
Ok, maybe I'm dumb but every time I try to use scan disk or defrag in Windows 98 2nd Ed. I get this message that something is writing to the hard drive and scandisk or ?? is starting over - essentially it never gets completed. How can I find out what this is and stop it - remember that I'm the guy they wrote that book for - Computers for Dummies
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07-11-2004, 04:59 PM
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Try running the defrag in safe mode (hit [F8] while your system boots). Another thing I've tried that seems to work is to unplug your network cable if you have a network, or use a DSL or Cable connection.
But your best bet is to just boot into safe mode, as this usually solves the problem. |
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07-11-2004, 07:37 PM
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Also you may want to disable any anti virus program you may have running,I think when I used 98 that it slowed down the process of defragging or would give message about something writing to disk unless I temporarly disabeled av.
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07-11-2004, 09:34 PM
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Safe mode or in Windows do CTRL-ALT-DEL and end task on everything except Explorer and Systray.
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07-11-2004, 10:01 PM
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Lest we forget
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You could also do it in pure DOS I think.
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