Chet,

Changing the hosts file should not affect Windows. At what point during 
startup does the error message appear? Does it appear on every startup? Can 
you relate it to any other recent changes in the system? Does Windows 
exhibit anything else abnormal? This error doesn't sound like Check Disk (in 
Windows XP). Many times if Windows is forced to shutdown or detects a 
discrepancy in one of the drives, it performs a Check Disk on the next 
startup and begins after you see the Windows screen with the progress bar.

Did you initiate a Check Disk? If not, you can start the process by opening 
Windows Explorer or My Computer. Right click the drive and select 
"Properties". Next, click on the "Tools" tab and under "Error-checking", 
click the "Check Now..." button. In the Check Disk window, select both 
options for a thorough check and click the "Start" button. You will get a 
window telling you it cannot be performed, etc., etc., and ask if you want 
to schedule the disk check for the next restart. Answer "Yes". If you do not 
select an option in the Check Disk window, it will perform a three phase 
disk check immediately.

See the following site for more information and instructions for manually 
running the chkdsk command.

Windows xp chkdsk - The Details:
http://www.updatexp.com/windows-xp-chkdsk.html

Sven Swanson, Sr.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ETRUSCAN~!" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 1:53 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] HOSTS file


first i would like to thank sven for the hosts file recommendation which
i installed..HOWEVER now my scan disk won't work*..since i don't believe
in coincidences could the hosts file be responsible in some way?

*i get an error message which says something on the order of "volume
can't open..etc" it disappeared so fast on it's way to logging on i
couldn't read it all.  thanx, cnorris
xp home, firefox, netscape, ie6 

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