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Scandisk in safe mode

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by khushdholoo

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I have WIN98SE, PIII/550mhz/128MB,when I perform thorough scandisk in safe mode after disabling screensaver & Norton Antivirus 2002, scandisk stops midway and informs that it cannot proceed as some programs are still running even though none of the programs are running when I check by CTRL-ALT-DEL method. Please advise what could be the problem be. Thanks - K F Dholoo

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by joe

Have you tried MSCONFIG to see what is running?
You can disable running programs there.

by lizzy

If nothing is showing as running in Safe Mode, you should be able to complete the scan. One suggestion would be to make sure that nothing is in the start up menu such as Find Fast. That won't show up w\ Ctrl + Alt + Del. Another suggestion would beto check your power scheme and set it to never sleep or standby for the hard drive or monitor. You'll have to reboot after changing any of the above settings and anything you changed in Answer #1's MSCONFIG, before they'll take effect. Once you have checked these, try the scandisk again in safe mode. Best wishes.

by khushdholoo

Thanks Power scheme is as you advised "never" sleep mode. Start menu does show several programs even in safe mode & both desk top & the task bar shows ALL programs as before, but scandisk still indicates that it ran 10 times as some of the programs are still running!!! Pls advise further Khushroo

by b_pope

There's a real handy utility called Process Explorer available for free. It's only 77kb in size & shows all running apps real time, it list all the handles & .dll processes open.
You can even kill running processes with it.

With this you can runyour scandisk without having to use safe mode. You'll be able to see the whats running & causing scandisk to stop.

Just look in the utilities section

http://www.sysinternals.com/index.shtml

by khushdholoo

Thanks did download this utility but afraid didnt understand one bit of this utility as I'm not a geek as yet, but a 67 yr old man struggling as best as I can. If you can advise in detail how to stop programs running right from this program, I'll be grateful Regards Khushroo

by lizzy

Could you tell us what programs are running in safe mode? The only things you should see running are "explorer" and "systray". If you see anything else, I would question whether or not you're actually in Safe Mode. Use the F8 key when booting to stop your start up files from running and choose Safe Mode, #3. Your video will come up in standard 16 colors\VGA, because even your video drivers for advanced video do not load. Also, check your system BIOS to make sure that there is not a sleep mode permitted for the PC. Please let us know how you did.

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