Scandisk & format hard disk

Hi Mart,

Beat me to it again! <vbg> I concur that a failing hard drive seems to be
a distinct possibility here.

The insufficient memory error could be due to the use of a third party
drive overlay or because the drive is bigger, than I think, 64GB. MS
KB229154 may be of relevance ""Your Computer Does Not Have Enough Free
Memory to Defrag the Drive" Error Message"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=229154) which includes as one of the
symptoms the message "Scandisk could not continue because your computer
does not have enough available memory."

When reading KB229154 I was amused to see that it has been updated and now
has as the suggested solution "upgrade your Windows operating system to
Microsoft Windows XP or later." whereas as previously it said "To resolve
this issue, contact the manufacturer of the third-party hard disk tool to
inquire about a possible update to the software that resolves this issue."
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.TakeThisOut@gmail.com


Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:

> Certainly sounds like a failing HDD from here :>(
>
>> Insufficient memory?
>
> Hmm...
>
> Please confirm that you are trying to run scandisk from your WinMe
> "Startup (floppy) Disk", i.e. in Real Mode DOS. and you've NOT chosen
> option 4) Minimal Boot. (Use option 2 or 3)
>
> Might also be worth trying the 'unconditional format' switch :-
> format c: /u
>
> If that proves successful, be sure to perform a thorough scan (surface
> scan).
>
> Still sounds like a failing HDD though. Good luck.

Hi Mike, yes, I did wonder about a drive overlay issue - hence my request
for confirmation of Vincent's method of formatting. IIRC, I would expect
an error report to this effect as an overlayed drive might not be recognised
in RM DOS? (May have to run FDISK??) Jeepers! - It's been a V E R Y long
time.

> .. I was amused to see that it has been updated
> and now has as the suggested solution "upgrade
> your Windows operating system to Microsoft
> Windows XP or later. etc., .."

And that was updated 2 years ago!! Things soon become obsolete in this
business. (Remind me to tell you about my 1yr -10m old 40" LCD TV)

Still doesn't change my suspicions of a failing HDD though <g>

Mart



"Mike M" <No_Spam.RemoveThis@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:eHODZJMFJHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi Mart,
>
> Beat me to it again! <vbg> I concur that a failing hard drive seems to be
> a distinct possibility here.
>
> The insufficient memory error could be due to the use of a third party
> drive overlay or because the drive is bigger, than I think, 64GB. MS
> KB229154 may be of relevance ""Your Computer Does Not Have Enough Free
> Memory to Defrag the Drive" Error Message"
> (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=229154) which includes as one of the
> symptoms the message "Scandisk could not continue because your computer
> does not have enough available memory."
>
> When reading KB229154 I was amused to see that it has been updated and now
> has as the suggested solution "upgrade your Windows operating system to
> Microsoft Windows XP or later." whereas as previously it said "To resolve
> this issue, contact the manufacturer of the third-party hard disk tool to
> inquire about a possible update to the software that resolves this issue."
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby.RemoveThis@gmail.com
>
>
> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>
>> Certainly sounds like a failing HDD from here :>(
>>
>>> Insufficient memory?
>>
>> Hmm...
>>
>> Please confirm that you are trying to run scandisk from your WinMe
>> "Startup (floppy) Disk", i.e. in Real Mode DOS. and you've NOT chosen
>> option 4) Minimal Boot. (Use option 2 or 3)
>>
>> Might also be worth trying the 'unconditional format' switch :-
>> format c: /u
>>
>> If that proves successful, be sure to perform a thorough scan (surface
>> scan).
>>
>> Still sounds like a failing HDD though. Good luck.
>

> Still doesn't change my suspicions of a failing HDD though <g>

As I think I may have said in my earlier post, I agree with you 100% here.
I only mentioned the KB as being a possible reason for the rather odd
scandisk error message.
--
Mike


Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:

> Hi Mike, yes, I did wonder about a drive overlay issue - hence my
> request for confirmation of Vincent's method of formatting. IIRC, I
> would expect an error report to this effect as an overlayed drive
> might not be recognised in RM DOS? (May have to run FDISK??) Jeepers! -
> It's been a V E R Y long time.
>
>> .. I was amused to see that it has been updated
>> and now has as the suggested solution "upgrade
>> your Windows operating system to Microsoft
>> Windows XP or later. etc., .."
>
> And that was updated 2 years ago!! Things soon become obsolete in
> this business. (Remind me to tell you about my 1yr -10m old 40" LCD
> TV)
> Still doesn't change my suspicions of a failing HDD though <g>