Thanks Demetri. That works. Seems all the computers on the network are
experiencing this problem to some degree even with all programs shut down
except explorer and systray. Running scandisk from DOS works on all of them.
                   Doyle


>From: Demetri Kolokotronis <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Scandisk
>Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 22:12:01 -0400
>
>On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 17:11:00 -0400 Doyle Hirsch <[log in to unmask]>
>writes:
> > I am unable to complete a thourough scandisk because the program
> > keeps restarting about every 5 minutes. I am scanning in safe
> > mode(only explorer is running).
> >
> >     TIA
>
>Have you tried booting to DOS and running Scandisk from DOS?
>
>Demetri Kolokotronis
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