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 ...

Q. What happened to one of my favorite Windows utilities—ScanDisk? Before I upgraded to Windows 2000 I used ScanDisk all the time to check and repair any problems it found on my hard disk. But it ...

What is making scandisk run, and how do I deactivate it? Barry Jacobson ANSWER: Even though you are shutting down the computer properly, this can happen if the computer is shutting down too fast.

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 gi… ...

The default Win98 scandisk and defrag don't cut it. I've found that Vopt is a good alternative for defrag. But what about scandisk?

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 vi… ...