TBF Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 First : I am a computer idiot so speak slowly. The problem : I cannot run defrag or scan disk because something keeps writing to the drive. " drive contents changed starting over " is the error message. I use a NT 4.0 at work and can shutdown programs easily. I cannot find a similar feature in 98 SE. Nor can I find a method of determining which program is causing the problem. How do you shut down a program you cannot find ? Any help appreciated. I am being driven nucking futz by this. I got along with DOS much better. Travis F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statichead2k Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 use start run "msconfig" You can use it to put the machine in a complete diagnostic start up or just disable select startup items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Run n Gun Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 That’s a fairly common problem in Win98. The “work around” is to start in “safe mode” and then scan disk and defrag. It’s been awhile (okay, a LONG while) but I THINK if you boot your computer and AS SOON as it start coming back up start tapping F8 and when it hit’s the right spot it’ll quit loading and give you the option of starting in safe mode. Back "in the day", we had an office full of computers that required this. Good Luck, Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L9X25 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 All of the above answers are correct but there is another way ... Search the net for a program called pview95.exe and it will handle the problem for you. It is a small program that shows EVERYTHING that is running and allows you to kill any running procedure. Particularly nice when you are remotely controlling a computer and need to kill a task ... the usual ctrl-alt-del will only make YOUR task manager come up. If you cannot find it, I can send it to you. Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Lazy way: ctrl-alt-del to bring up the the Close Program box turn off EVERYTHING except Explorer and Systray when that's done, ctrl-alt-del one more time to make sure & cancel Start. Run. Type in Defrag. Choose drive. Hit OK. Cold reboot when you're done. PS - the F8 still works but the timing can be really tricky. Compac & other makers like to "dumb down" the display while booting up and you can miss a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Seems like I used to have that problem pop up. I think it was just the screensaver kicking on that caused it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Yep. Screen savers will play havoc with that.... I finally got in the habit of switching it off during drive maintenance.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBF Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 A heart felt THANK YOU ! I will try the screen saver thing too. Worked like a charm. Now if I could just figure out how to sleep all night long... Travis F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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