Guest neuroj Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 I have windows 98se and had to have my hard drive replaced. They installed a 130GB. Every time i try to defrag or scandisc it says not enough memory to run. Question is i have 511 ram. When i look at my computer/properties/perfromace/virtual /memory it says c:\-2261MB free I have never seen a - before. Any ideas
Guest Don Phillipson Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 Re: cant run scandisc or defrag "neuroj" <u38946@uwe> wrote in message news:7b03489f44690@uwe... > I have windows 98se and had to have my hard drive replaced. They installed a > 130GB. Every time i try to defrag or scandisc it says not enough memory to > run. Question is i have 511 ram. When i look at my > computer/properties/perfromace/virtual /memory it says c:\-2261MB free I have > never seen a - before. Any ideas 1. Be sure this drive (a) has been FDISKed and FORMATted for use (b) in FAT32 (not NTFS which is the new norm for XP & Vista). 2. Be sure your BIOS can manage a HDD that large. 3. When in doubt, reboot in Safe Mode for tasks like ScanDisk. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
Guest Jeff Richards Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 Re: cant run scandisc or defrag It appears that they may have set up your disk with non-standard partitioning. If it's otherwise working fine then one option is to use something other than Scandisk or the MS defragger.. Please see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229154 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "neuroj" <u38946@uwe> wrote in message news:7b03489f44690@uwe... >I have windows 98se and had to have my hard drive replaced. They installed >a > 130GB. Every time i try to defrag or scandisc it says not enough memory to > run. Question is i have 511 ram. When i look at my > computer/properties/perfromace/virtual /memory it says c:\-2261MB free I > have > never seen a - before. Any ideas >
Guest alvinamorey@notmail.com Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 Re: cant run scandisc or defrag On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:20:40 -0500, "Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@rogers.com> wrote: >"neuroj" <u38946@uwe> wrote in message news:7b03489f44690@uwe... > >> I have windows 98se and had to have my hard drive replaced. They installed >a >> 130GB. Every time i try to defrag or scandisc it says not enough memory to >> run. Question is i have 511 ram. When i look at my >> computer/properties/perfromace/virtual /memory it says c:\-2261MB free I >have >> never seen a - before. Any ideas > >1. Be sure this drive (a) has been FDISKed and FORMATted >for use (b) in FAT32 (not NTFS which is the new norm for XP & Vista). >2. Be sure your BIOS can manage a HDD that large. >3. When in doubt, reboot in Safe Mode for tasks like ScanDisk. Did you boot to dos (real dos, not the shell). In other words SHUT DOWN TO DOS MODE, or just boot from a dos floppy. Then try to run scandisk from dos by typing (you guessed it) SCANDISK and hit enter. However, I do agree that your drive may be too large for your bios. Thats pretty easy to solve, split it into several partitions. For example, make C: 60gigs, D: 50 gigs, and E: 20 gigs. Use the small one just for storage of photos and downloads or something like that, and keep all programs and system files on C:. You can put games for example on D:. Personally I prefer partitions so I can keep things more organized and easy to find. Each one has a specific purpose and i have 6 of them between two drives eith each drive being 20 gigs. If you're running Win98, why do you even need such a huge drive?
Guest neuroj via WindowsKB.com Posted November 12, 2007 Posted November 12, 2007 Re: cant run scandisc or defrag alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote: >>> I have windows 98se and had to have my hard drive replaced. They installed >>a > >>2. Be sure your BIOS can manage a HDD that large. >>3. When in doubt, reboot in Safe Mode for tasks like ScanDisk. > >Did you boot to dos (real dos, not the shell). >In other words SHUT DOWN TO DOS MODE, or just boot from a dos floppy. >Then try to run scandisk from dos by typing (you guessed it) SCANDISK >and hit enter. > >However, I do agree that your drive may be too large for your bios. >Thats pretty easy to solve, split it into several partitions. For >example, make C: 60gigs, D: 50 gigs, and E: 20 gigs. Use the small >one just for storage of photos and downloads or something like that, >and keep all programs and system files on C:. You can put games for >example on D:. Personally I prefer partitions so I can keep things >more organized and easy to find. Each one has a specific purpose and >i have 6 of them between two drives eith each drive being 20 gigs. >If you're running Win98, why do you even need such a huge drive? Thank You I got it fixed -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-98-general/200711/1
Guest Buffalo Posted November 12, 2007 Posted November 12, 2007 Re: cant run scandisc or defrag "neuroj via WindowsKB.com" <u38946@uwe> wrote in message news:7b1d27d4db90e@uwe... > Thank You I got it fixed > Mind telling the group how you fixed it? Thanks
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