Re: Pausing Screen after Diskcheck/Repair on reboot

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"EGA" <EGA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Hi

I have HD Diagnostic Software and also run SpedDisc permanently which gives
SMART information but thanks for your input.

"Rock" wrote:

"EGA" <EGA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> Hi
>
> Thanks for your prompt reply. I do have all my data etc backed up on > an
> External HDD and I also regularly back up all my drives with Norton > Ghost.
>
> I haven't found anything not working since then so maybe it was nothing
> significant.

> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "EGA" <EGA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > OS is Windows XP Home Edition SP2.
>> >
>> > When I ran a chkdsk c:/f yesterday I caught a glimps of an error
>> > message
>> > on
>> > the screen but didn't have time to read it before the PC rebooted.
>> >
>> > I checked Event Viewer but although it showed the results of the
>> > chkdsk,
>> > the
>> > error mesage wasn't there.
>> >
>> > Is there some way I can pause the screen during chkdsk to enable me >> > to
>> > read
>> > any messages?
>>
>> Sorry I don't know how you would do that. I have never seen an error
>> like
>> that when running chkdsk. As a word of caution, though, never run >> chkdsk
>> to
>> correct errors, without first having a full and complete backup of
>> important
>> data. Of course this should be a given with computers, always have a
>> complete backup, but in particular, in some cases chkdsk can cause >> data
>> corruption which can be repaired, so have that backup.


Great, sounds like you have a good backup program in place. The only other
thing I would suggest is to download a drive diagnostic utility from the
hard drive manufacturer's web site. This will create a boot able floppy or
CD. Boot from that and run the diagnostics to check the health of the
drive.

Cool, you are two steps ahead. I will stop at this point...lol

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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