-=PCTechTalk=- Old PC help needed

I wrote about this problem a while back, but life became way
too complicated 
and I didn't get back to my DIL about it until yesterday.

Here's the problem:
They were 'gifted' with a Gateway PC which is running W98
SE. We have never 
been able to complete running ScanDisk. I have tried it in
SafeMode, using 
Standard. It does say that there are no errors. But it does
show that there 
is a 172,xxx bad sector.

When we try to run a Thorough ScanDisk, it always gets to a
certain point 
and then stalls out. I don't know how else to try it, except
in SafeMode.

Yesterday I tried using the Reinstall CD. I thought at one
point that it was 
going to wipe and reinstall Windows. We have the CDs for it,
and ran the SIW 
program to pull up the Product ID numbers and so forth. But
alas, it came up 
with the same notice that it could not complete ScanDisk, so
it didn't 
reformat and install.

Any suggestions on how to do this are most welcome!

TIA,
Sammi 


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Sammi,
    Is the CD a restore disk from Gateway or is it a regular
Windows install 
CD?  Also, are you trying to avoid a reformat with that CD?

Peace,
GMan

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sammi" <sammibresnan.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 12:46 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Old PC help needed


>I wrote about this problem a while back, but life became
way too 
>complicated
> and I didn't get back to my DIL about it until
yesterday.
>
> Here's the problem:
> They were 'gifted' with a Gateway PC which is running
W98 SE. We have 
> never
> been able to complete running ScanDisk. I have tried it
in SafeMode, using
> Standard. It does say that there are no errors. But it
does show that 
> there
> is a 172,xxx bad sector.
>
> When we try to run a Thorough ScanDisk, it always gets
to a certain point
> and then stalls out. I don't know how else to try it,
except in SafeMode.
>
> Yesterday I tried using the Reinstall CD. I thought at
one point that it 
> was
> going to wipe and reinstall Windows. We have the CDs
for it, and ran the 
> SIW
> program to pull up the Product ID numbers and so forth.
But alas, it came 
> up
> with the same notice that it could not complete
ScanDisk, so it didn't
> reformat and install.
>
> Any suggestions on how to do this are most welcome!
>
> TIA,
> Sammi 

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I would recommend a complete format and reinstall... though,
if you go this route you need to make sure you backup all
the things you want to keep.
If there's anything wrong with that drive, as it seems tere
is, the format will at the very least "rope off"
the bad sectors and allow you to work in peace on the good
sectors.
 
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On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:46:11 -0700, Sammi wrote:
>  I wrote about this problem a while back, but life
became way too
>  complicated and I didn't get back to my DIL about it
until
>  yesterday.
>
>  Here's the problem:
>  They were 'gifted' with a Gateway PC which is running
W98 SE. We
>  have never been able to complete running ScanDisk. I
have tried it
>  in SafeMode, using Standard. It does say that there
are no errors.
>  But it does show that there is a 172,xxx bad sector.
>
>  When we try to run a Thorough ScanDisk, it always gets
to a
>  certain point and then stalls out. I don't know how
else to try
>  it, except in SafeMode.
>
>  Yesterday I tried using the Reinstall CD. I thought at
one point
>  that it was going to wipe and reinstall Windows. We
have the CDs
>  for it, and ran the SIW program to pull up the Product
ID numbers
>  and so forth. But alas, it came up with the same
notice that it
>  could not complete ScanDisk, so it didn't reformat and
install.
>
>  Any suggestions on how to do this are most welcome!
>
>  TIA,
>  Sammi
>
>
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Hi GMan, we are not trying to avoid a reformat...we want to
do that. The
disk we used is a Gateway restore disk. There are 3 CDs, one
is a
program restore and one is a system restore and the last one
is the
Windows 98 that comes with it.

Sammi


---- Original Message ----
From: GMan
To: pctechtalkfreelists.org
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 6:35 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old PC help needed

> Sammi,
>     Is the CD a restore disk from Gateway or is it a
regular Windows
> install CD?  Also, are you trying to avoid a reformat
with that CD?
> 
> Peace,
> GMan
> 
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are
never asked!"
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sammi" <sammibresnan.net>
> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 12:46 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Old PC help needed
> 
> 
>> I wrote about this problem a while back, but life
became way too
>> complicated
>> and I didn't get back to my DIL about it until
yesterday.
>> 
>> Here's the problem:
>> They were 'gifted' with a Gateway PC which is
running W98 SE. We have
>> never
>> been able to complete running ScanDisk. I have
tried it in SafeMode,
>> using Standard. It does say that there are no
errors. But it does
>> show that there
>> is a 172,xxx bad sector.
>> 
>> When we try to run a Thorough ScanDisk, it always
gets to a certain
>> point and then stalls out. I don't know how else to
try it, except
>> in SafeMode. 
>> 
>> Yesterday I tried using the Reinstall CD. I thought
at one point
>> that it was
>> going to wipe and reinstall Windows. We have the
CDs for it, and ran
>> the SIW
>> program to pull up the Product ID numbers and so
forth. But alas, it
>> came up
>> with the same notice that it could not complete
ScanDisk, so it
>> didn't reformat and install.
>> 
>> Any suggestions on how to do this are most
welcome!
>> 
>> TIA,
>> Sammi

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Sammi,
    This is a Win98 machine, right?

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never
asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:12 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old PC help needed


> Hi GMan, we are not trying to avoid a reformat...we
want to do that. The
> disk we used is a Gateway restore disk. There are 3
CDs, one is a
> program restore and one is a system restore and the
last one is the
> Windows 98 that comes with it.
> 
> Sammi
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Yes, it is W98 SE.

Sammi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: GMan 
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Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 12:28 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old PC help needed


Sammi,
    This is a Win98 machine, right?

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never
asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sammi" <sammibresnan.net>
To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:12 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old PC help needed


> Hi GMan, we are not trying to avoid a reformat...we
want to do that. The
> disk we used is a Gateway restore disk. There are 3
CDs, one is a
> program restore and one is a system restore and the
last one is the
> Windows 98 that comes with it.
> 
> Sammi

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