Scandisk & Defrag lock up my Win98 system.

[holyroller]

Every time I try to run Defrag or Scandisk my comp locks up. I can bring it to a blue screen by pressing ctrl+alt+del a couple times. At that screen it states "system busy" waiting for close dialog box. Once there sometimes it locks up other times I can press a key and exit out. Once I exit it goes to desktop which is all black except yhe outline of dialog boxes. However every time, no matter what I try, I end up having to reset HD or hard reboot.

Are there any shared files that I can try to replace? Is there a way I can get rid of all associated files and reinstall them from the 98 CD?

Thanks in advance.

Eric

 

[AtaStrumf]

I think you might wonna try reinstalling win98. You won't loose any Data or Programs, it just resets certain things. You might wonna give it a try, it just might work.
Good Luck

 

[Tates]

Do you have any virus protection or ZoneAlarm running in the background? If so, turn them off and try again.

 

[BadThad]

^ Yep, not only that, make sure ALL programs and screen savers are turned off. Go to the run box and type: msconfig. Disable all the junk loading at startup, reboot and then try.

 

[HotWire]

Hit ....Ctrl-ALT-DEL...........and

Well, disable everything but "Explorer" and "Systray" these are the only open programs you should be running if you are running WIN 98! ...and run scandisk first!

 

[GregMal]

You may also try running them in safe mode. Odds are if they run
in safe mode, it is a conflicting startup file....Greg