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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Setup / February 2005Something keeps writing to the disk?
How can I find out what is writing to the disk and preventing me from doing a Scandisk and Defragment? I disabled Norton antivirus and stopped the applications I could see in the system tray on the right lower corner of my screen. I ran AdAware6.0 and still get the error when I try to defrag or Scandisk. What can I do? Hank CodeStuff Starter will show you the running processes: http://members.lycos.co.uk/codestuff/ Process Explorer is another "must have" tool: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml Or try this: ScanDefrag 5.1 http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/ John > How can I find out what is writing to the disk and preventing me from doing > a Scandisk and Defragment? I disabled Norton antivirus and stopped the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Hank Thanks John. Much appreciated. Hank > CodeStuff Starter will show you the running processes: > http://members.lycos.co.uk/codestuff/ [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Hank You're welcome. John > Thanks John. Much appreciated. > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>> >>>Hank See the defrag and scandisk troubleshooters located here: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/how_to.html  SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > How can I find out what is writing to the disk and preventing me from > doing [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Hank Thank you. I'll try that. Hank > How can I find out what is writing to the disk and preventing me from > doing a Scandisk and Defragment? I disabled Norton antivirus and > stopped the applications I could see in the system tray on the right > lower corner of my screen. I ran AdAware6.0 and still get the error > when I try to defrag or Scandisk. > What can I do? Turned off any screen saver? SignaturedadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico search on google and download 'enditall' very useful tool > How can I find out what is writing to the disk and preventing me from doing > a Scandisk and Defragment? I disabled Norton antivirus and stopped the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Hank |
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