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ScanDisk restarting message

May 28, 2004 1:47AM PDT

I keep getting this message when I run ScanDisk. I only have ScanRegistry,SystemTray,NAV Agent,Keyboard Manager and Scheduling Agent checked in my Start-up.

I've got Windows 98 and Nortons Antivirus Program.

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May 28, 2004 1:51AM PDT
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May 28, 2004 10:11AM PDT
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Re:ScanDisk restarting message
May 28, 2004 11:31PM PDT

1. Use DEFRAG.INF that every user of Windows 98 has (\Tools\MTSutil folder on the Win98 CD -- the Mtsutil.txt file explains it) to defragment without going through a lot of hurdles and hoops.

2. Since somebody is going to speak up and say, "not everybody has the CD or access to the file", let me state that the file itself consists of the following eleven lines (including blank lines and be sure the last doesn't wrap) and anybody can copy and paste this to NotePad and save it with that name. Basically, this file really only adds an entry to the system registry to run once on a computer reboot -- the last
line and does /ALL which if you're smart enough using the defragmenter options, the use options themselves can be changed/modified. So. If you wouldn't want defragment to run, simply do not activate it until such time as you would.

; DEFRAG.INF
; Copyright (c) 1993-1998, Microsoft Corporation

[version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"

[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=Add.Defrag

[Add.Defrag]
HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce,Defrag,0,
"DEFRAG.EXE /ALL"


Bill Gaston