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Windows ME Startup problem

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by gemailhiot

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I have a windows ME system, which for some obscure reason insists on telling me that the system was not properly shut down and that a Scandisk is in order. This appears after Windows ME has been loaded, and even when the system was shut down properly

Any idea?

thanks

gilles mailhiot

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by thechas

Install the IDE hard drive large cache update from Microsoft.
(Basically, this disables fast shut down.)

What is happening, is that power is shutting of before the hard drive has had time to finish it's final write cycle at shut down.

Check out the shut down trouble-shooting guide at www.aumha.org for more ideas.

Chas

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