re: scandisk starts when booting system
Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at 7:12 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mike Sommer
(4 messages posted)
Hi Robert;
There is a known bug in Windows ME that may be the cause of your problem. Modern
computers today run so fast that Windows ME may not have time to write important
information to the hard disk before the computer shuts down. As a result this constitutes
a improper shut down and causes Windows ME to run scan disk each time you boot.
The message below was copied from the Microsoft Web site and explains the problem
further. There is a patch you can download to fix this this problem. This patch
introduces a 2 second delay in the shutdown process to allow enough time for the
Hard Drive to save all important information. This patch may solve your problem.
To get the patch choose start and then Windows Update. This will take you to the
Microsoft Web Site. The web site will scan your system and tell you what patches
are appropriate for your system. The one I describe will be in the list. Hope this
helps.
Good Luck
Mike
The Windows IDE Hard Drive Cache Package provides a workaround for computers running
Windows Millennium with Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) hard drives, large caches,
and modern processors. IDE hard drives store data in a hardware cache (temporary
memory) and write the data to the hard disk later. For these computers, data can
be lost during the shutdown process because the amount of time that it takes for
fast processors to shut down is so short that the hard disk may shut down before
the data in the cache is written to the hard drive. This update introduces a two
second delay in the shutdown process, which allows the hard drive's cache to write
any data to the hard drive. Download now to delay your shutdown process slightly
to prevent data loss.
On Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at 4:51 pm, Robert wrote:
>I have a question about Scandisk:
>Everytime I start windows me scandisk starts and both hard drives are highlighted.
>I upgraded from windows 95
>
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