I tried to run scandisk and i restarted the computer so that it could run, but i keep getting an "Unable to open drive for direct access" message. Now i can neither run scandisk nor can i restart my ...

ANSWER: There are a few reasons that come to mind, a virus or damaged files and folder information would be where to start. First, be sure you don't have a virus. Microsoft notes that this issue can ...

My computer refuses to shut down properly. It is a 350 MHz Pentium II running Windows 98. Whenever you select Shut Down from the Start menu, it will just go into Restart automatically instead of ...

QUESTION: When I run scandisk in Windows 98, my 300 MHz PC freezes immediately. The window shows scandisk as "checking file allocation tables....". The little disk icon on the top left hand corner is ...

What happens if you run "chkdsk /f /x"? (The /X forces the volume to dismount first.)<BR><BR>You probably have a service running off the drive and so scandisk can't get access because Windows itself ...

Q. My problem is that my PC developed problems with the Windows ScanDisk repair software after I attempted to fix another problem using Norton AntiVirus 2003. It started when I suspected I had a virus ...

Q. I installed a new hard drive and now get the following message when I try to run ScanDisk: "ScanDisk could not continue because your computer does not have enough available memory. If any other ...

Q. ScanDisk in Windows 95 shuts down with the message that other programs are running. I discovered (by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete) that Explorer and Systray are running on my computer all the time, ...