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To: Duff Gain who wrote (5377)	8/25/1999 6:57:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

hey duff, i had a similar problem, except it was continually scanning via norton software. i tried a number of things and what finally stopped the restarting was this solution: "The AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file is loading variables that interfere with some 16-bit programs Follow these steps to rename the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files: 1. Click the Start button, and choose Shut Down. 2. Select "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode" and click OK. 3. At the DOS prompt, type: CD\ [Enter] REN CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.ABC [Enter] REN AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.ABC [Enter] 4. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the computer." after making the above adjustment on my other machine, there have been no problems, including anything possibly related to the change i made. i was ready to put it right back if it messed anything else up. so i feel confident suggesting this remedy to you. it came from the symantec knowledge base. as wily says, usual disclaimer. <g3> let me know if it worked. you can also try going to this site: annoyances.org :) mark

To: Duff Gain who wrote (5377)	8/25/1999 8:26:00 PM
From: Fargonaut	Respond to of 110653

>...a window comes up and said some is writing to this program etc etc...< I noticed this happening to me when I had a screen saver running. Also I heard that some antivirus programs run in the background. If you have either of those running, turn them off and try again. Frank

To: Duff Gain who wrote (5377)	8/25/1999 8:29:00 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 110653

Turn off everything in the tray, especially anti-virus software. If you don't, the scan will restart everytime some background program writes to the registry (which happens all of the time).

To: Duff Gain who wrote (5377)	8/25/1999 10:07:00 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Respond to of 110653

Shut everything down,including screensaver and have scan disk as your only running program.

To: Duff Gain who wrote (5377)	8/25/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110653

Duff, Under normal conditions you shouldn't have to use the "thorough" mode of scandisk. Standard is MUCH faster and does what you need it to. You still have to turn off that background stuff though. Richard and PW: right? Thorough mode scans for physical errors which are very uncommon nowadays. w

To: Duff Gain who wrote (5377)	8/26/1999 10:34:00 AM
From: RJL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

Hi Duff, I would recommend before you start Scandisk, you should close any open programs. Secondly, hit <CTRL>+<ALT>+<DEL> to bring up the Task Manager, and end every process except Explorer and Systray. Chances are you have many programs running in the background such as Iomega drive scannners, anti-virus programs, power management, etc. Shutting these processes down ensures reliability when running Scandisk. Be sure to restart the computer when Scandisk is complete to bring your system back to a 'normal' state. Rich