If scandisk is running each time you boot your system that means that Win Me
did not shutdown correctly The problem could be as simple as the system
shutting down too fast before the last few bytes have been written to the hard
disk, those bytes always being the amount of free space on the disk since this
information changes so often whilst the system is running that it is held in
memory rather than being written to the disk each time it changes.

Tracking down shutdown and power-off problems (they differ) can be somewhat
difficult but may I suggest that you start by having a look at MS KB 273746 -
"How to Troubleshoot Windows Me Shutdown Problems"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=273746) and then move on to Jim Eshelman's
pages at http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm and
http://aumha.org/win4/a/shtdwnme.htm which cover this topic. Hopefully you
will find advice there that will help your resolve your problem.

You might also want to check that you have installed the Windows IDE Hard
Drive Cache Package from the Windows Update site. For details see KB 273017 -
"ScanDisk Runs Even Though Windows Shut Down Correctly"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=273017).
--
Mike Maltby
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


Sheila <shemoss1956@aol.com> wrote: