Obviously, it seems, some program is still active, or it wouldn't write to the hard disk. But it doesn't show up in taskmanager.
Other ways to find running processes include:
- msinfo32 (search for it in Program Files or Windows folder) if Start/Run says it can't find the program; it has a running processes tab
- wintop from the Windows 95 kernel toys; shows the programs (and their CPU usage); download from http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WUToys/W95KernelToy/Default.asp. They run with Windows 98 also.
Hope you find it with these programs.
Kees
When I run the defrag program in windows 98, it will only do up to around 10-30% before restarting. It says that the data on the drive has been changed. I have tried it after shutting down all of the programs in the ctrl-alt-delete task manager, but it still won't finish. It will work in safe mode, but I want to know why it won't work in regular mode any more(it's worked fine for almost 4 years). I don;t think that there have been any changes made to the system, other than installing microsoft publisher a few weeks back. Also, the same thing happens when I run a thorough ScanDisk error check. I haven't found any viruses or adware\spyware, and I'm all out of ideas.
Need some suggestions,
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