cant run scandisc or defrag

[Guest neuroj]

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]

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.

 

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Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest Jeff Richards]

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

 

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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]

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]

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

 

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[Guest Buffalo]

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