Problems with Scandisk...please help

[Booty]

When I try to run scandisk, I come back from class and it says it's restarted 10 times because something's writing to the disk. But I don't have ANY other programs running...I even tried in safe mode and had the same problem. How can I get scandisk to work?!

 

[UnixFreak]

I'm not sure which OS you are using, but try creating a bootdisk and going into DOS (or clever emulation of such) or boot from your win9x CD, and start computer with or without CD support. when you get to the prompt type scandisk. I am not on a win machine right now, and I dont remember the parameters, but type scandisk /? and play with the parameters a bit. you should be able to get the dos version running.

 

[UnixFreak]

I'm not sure which OS you are using, but try creating a bootdisk and going into DOS (or clever emulation of such) or boot from your win9x CD, and start computer with or without CD support. when you get to the prompt type scandisk. I am not on a win machine right now, and I dont remember the parameters, but type scandisk /? and play with the parameters a bit. you should be able to get the dos version running.

 

[UnixFreak]

I'm not sure which OS you are using, but try creating a bootdisk and going into DOS (or clever emulation of such) or boot from your win9x CD, and start computer with or without CD support. when you get to the prompt type scandisk. I am not on a win machine right now, and I dont remember the parameters, but type scandisk /? and play with the parameters a bit. you should be able to get the dos version running.

 

[Booty]

Sorry, should have mentioned...win98se

 

[Booty]

...still havin' the same problem. I have 3 hard drives, and it does it with all of them...there is absolutely nothing writing to them. Tried through windows, safe mode, dos...AHH! help?!?!?

 

[Neutroner]

Well, as a mater of fact I had this exact problem. I had to CNTR.-ALT-DEL and close out all of the running tasks except SYSTRAY, and EXPLORER. it worked just fine after that.
I have WiN98SE, I think it was my CD burner software holding the hard drive open

 

[Talon]

I found this. I don't know if it will be of any help.

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/troub-29.shtml