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That sounds horrible! Soon after Scandisk spoke like that to me, I had
my great HDD crash of 2001! And Scandisk did eventually complete for me.
Next day or so, it happened again. And again. Odd, I was still able to
boot after the noisy crash & save some downloads by copying them to
CD-ROM. Windows would work flawlessly for 20 minutes per boot after
multiple attempts.
And that's what you should be doing, if you can still boot. Save your
data files & raw downloads. Run a manufacturer's diagnostic app, but,
really, you might consider a new HDD. A fresh install seems to be
indicated. Too bad that can be problematic too. Do you have your
ProductKey...?...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
ProductKey "12345-12345-12345-12345-12345"
(1) "START button, Run, RegEdit"
(2) Click plus signs beginning at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", & ending with
"Windows".
(3) Click "CurrentVersion" in the left pane under "Windows".
(4) Look in right pane for ProductKey.
That is the one that was used to install your current Windows. Jot it
down, as it may work if different from the one on your Windows 98 Manual
or CD case.
Perhaps try all that in Safe Mode. Hold F5 or CTRL as you boot to get
there, or turn on the Startup Menu at "START button, Run, MSConfig,
Advanced button".
......Quote..........
....snip...
If the system is not working, start the computer with a floppy startup
disk.
At the A: prompt, type: C:\Windows\Command\Find /N "ProductKey"
C:\Windows\System.dat
(Note: ProductKey must be typed in upper and lower case letters as
shown
and there is a space after: "Find" after: "/N" and after:
"ProductKey"
If the hard drive has been formatted or replaced, US customers can
contact
Microsoft at: 1 800 642-7676. They will issue retail and OEM product
keys
after verifying data located on the W98 CD.
I suggest writing the ProductKey on the CD with a Sharpie marker.
***********
....snip...
--
Regards
Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
......EOQ............
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"sabrinaputeri" <sabrinaputeri@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:64F09428-F265-4E67-AB1E-CF788F3F9C3A@microsoft.com...
| I am running the scandisk again and it got pass the 17% mark and then
to 95%
| and drop back to usually 86/87% mark and goes up to 95% mark and back
again.
| Sometimes it will have this message "Scandisk is searching drice c for
more
| cross link clusters"
| Is there any hope in running the scandisk on. Its has been on the
about 45
| minutes or must I do a fresh installation?
| I have not run the diagnostic test of the hd disk yet, thanks
|
|
|
| "PCR" wrote:
|
| > I think you are in big trouble, if Scandisk is having trouble
| > completing. Does it constantly restart, even with minimal apps
running?
| > If it isn't restarting, how do you know it has stopped? How much
time
| > did you give it to start up again? Did you look into
"C:\Scandisk.log"
| > to see what was written?
| >
| > Really, I think you are in for it...
| >
http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/scandisk.htm
| > ....perhaps have a look there. I'm sure he will say to stop running
it &
| > to try to Image the partition first, so that you will always have a
| > starting point to begin again.
| >
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q287914
| > Articles about Scandisk
| >
| > ........Quote.......
| > You should run the diagnostics for the brand of hard drive that is
in
| > the computer.
| >
| > If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the
| > limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location:
| >
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
| >
| > When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0
Free
| > edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack
site,
| > then you will be able to download the diskette creator file.
| >
| > The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a
| > working Windows system and will guide you through the process of
| > extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk.
| >
| > Download and Use Instructions:
| >
http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp
| >
| > Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor:
| >
| > OnTrack Data Advisor:
| >
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
| > IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test:
| >
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
| > Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools:
| > http://support.wdc.com/download/
| > Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax:
| >
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
| > Seagate SeaTools:
| >
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
| > Download:
| >
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html
| >
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/seatoold_reg.html
| > --
| > Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| >
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > ......End.of... URLs of Glee...
| >
| >
| > --
| > Thanks or Good Luck,
| > There may be humor in this post, and,
| > Naturally, you will not sue,
| > should things get worse after this,
| > PCR
| > pcrrcp@netzero.net
| > "sabrinaputeri" <sabrinaputeri@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
| > message news:539C57E7-55E5-48FA-B97A-E752CF595E90@microsoft.com...
| > | Scanning my harddisk under standard with error fixing uncheck, it
| > gives me
| > | the following message, quote
| > | c:\prog files\common files\Adobe\Media Browser\PLL
| > | c:\prog files\common files\Adobe\Media Browser
| > | A crisslink occurs when 2 or more files use the same cluster at
the
| > same
| > | time. Except in unusual circumstances, the data in the crosslink
| > custers is
| > | correct for only 1 of the files.
| > | 1/Give each file a separate copy of the shared cluster
| > | 2/ Delete all affected files
| > | 3/ Truncate all files at the point of the crosslink
| > | 4/ Keep selected files and delete the othres
| > | 5/ Keep selected files and truncated the others
| > | 6/ Ignore the error and continue. ....unquote
| > |
| > | When I choose the first option, and restart, it also cannot
finish
| > the scan
| > | but it gives me 2 files of the same name now, which is
| > | c:\prog files\common files\Adobe\Media Browser\PLL
| > |
| > | Reading from other postings, I have done the following:- delete
TIF,
| > History
| > | and in my msconfig, General and selectve setup, setup tag- only
have
| > 5 files
| > | checked
| > | Load power profile (2), System tray, Task monitor and Scanregistry
| > |
| > | What must I do as when I scan using the "thorough" and
automatically
| > fix
| > | errors check, it also stop scanning after a while. My pc is an old
| > Packard
| > | bell with 64 mb
| >
| >
| >
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