ANSWER: ScanDisk is a useful utility that searches for and fixes any hard disk errors that may have occurred if your system wasn’t properly shutdown. This may happen because a new user inadvertently ...

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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 ...

QUESTION: When turning on my Windows 98 PC, Scandisk starts. It counts to 27 per cent and freezes. I can't press any button at that point to unfreeze the computer (the Repair button doesn't work, etc.

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 ...

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 ...

I was thinking about installing Norton Utilities, but I dislike NU because they required the installation of "Norton LiveUpdate" and other components I don't need.<P ...