cant run scandisc or defrag

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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
 
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)
 
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
>
 
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?
 
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
>[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>>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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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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