Chris,
Have you cleared the task monitor of all programs except systray and
explorer? If not, end task on everything but them. If you still can not do a
scan disk; then, go to msconfig and remove all of the check marks and retry.
If that fails, go to add remove programs and go to microsoft internet
explorer and hit uninstall. Put a check in the repair box and try agai. If
these do not allow you to do a defrag and scan disk, then I think you better
start backing up your files as the hard drive days are numbered...I have one
other idea but need to know how much memory you have and what type?

Bob Zuccarello
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] PCBUILD Digest - 10 Sep 2003 to 11 Sep 2003
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> I'm hoping the problem I'm having is a software issue, rather than a
hardware
> one. The OS is Win98SE (all updates) and I've encountered a problem with
disc
> defrag. It hangs at 90% and informs me that it can't read a portion of my
> drive. Scan disc hangs near the end  of scanning sectors, and Norton
System Works
> 2002 does not open from the shortcut (although it will open in
> Start\Programs\System Works). I enabled a full scan on bad shutsown, hit
the reset button
> and when in DOS, Scan Disc indicated there was a bad sector at the end of
the
> drive. I haven't tried going through all of my programs and files, but at
least
> one application hangs and forces a reboot. In addition, now the computer
will
> not shut down. I suspect that the HDD is on the way out, but if I've
> overlooked something, any help would be appreciated. TIA.
>
> Chris Ryan
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