Hello Kent

This happened to me once.
The best you can do is start scandisk from DOS.
If possible with a startup  diskette.

Works perfect.

good luck
Arnold Kieboom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent N. Jacobson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:57 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Scan Disk - endless cycling / restarts


> Hello, All,
>
> Have a problem with Scandisk, running 98 SE.  After a Blue Screen of Death
> crash, will take several days and boot cycles for Scandisk to finally work
> properly.  Running with all background programs shut down makes no
> difference, and plenty of RAM available.
>
> For the several days it takes to finally work, will exhibit the same
> pattern.  "Checking file allocation tables" for a few seconds, then
> "Checking file folders" for a few seconds, back and forth, never getting
> through either task but just getting started on each one.  I will
> eventually get the message that the task has repeated 10 times, do you
> still want to continue?  Either answer makes no difference.
>
> After several days, Scandisk will finally run correctly, but the computer
> doesn't run properly throughout that time because there are unresolved
> errors and I can't run Scandisk to fix them.  Ideas, anyone?  Thanks.
>
> Regards, Kent Jacobson
>
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