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SCANDISK.EXE

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killowhat

killowhat

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Dec 11, 2002
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How do you repair scandisk.exe? I get an error message every time Windows starts. Have done some searching on Google, but can not find the answer ,other than renaming it to scandisk.bak would this help?
 
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Run sfc (system file checker) - if this is win98.
 
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I have ran sfc, and Norton Utilities. I have no win98se cd to extract files from.
 
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You might have the cab files for win98 in the c:\windows\options\cabs directory. Look there.

Jon

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. (Bertrand Russell)
 
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well i looked on this computer while my other is doing a thorough surface scan, which might help, i hope. I did find the file in cabs. thanks for your reply. will post back shortly.
 
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ok problem solved. sometimes you have to take an extra minute to thouroughly read and analyze what your pc is trying to tell you. <psychotic bitch.> all she wanted was a thorough surface scan. error messages gone. another page in Pearls book for pc dummies.
 
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