Better to run Scandisk in safe mode ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:07 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Scandisk/Norton Disk Doctor Failure
: Have you tried booting to DOS and doing the scandisk from there. Be : sure to do the surface scan as well. You may be able to lock out this : sector so that when you are in windows, you should be able to get past : that point. : : Keith Thompson : : Ted Mozer wrote: : > : > I was just trying to trouble shoot a friend's Dell PIII 800, which is less : > than a year old. When Scandisk or Norton Disk Doctor 2001 reaches 28% in : > diagnosing the hard drive (a ST330630A) the whole systems locks up. I would : > guess it is a bad sector on the drive, but why a lockup?? Any suggestions? : : -- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
