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by **Cactus** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:17 pm

Could be bad memory...have you tried different memory?
You could try running a mem test like memtest86

Check this link out:
http://www.motherboard.cz/diagtest/

Cactus

by **anniethedogdog** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:20 pm

can you give me a direct link, its confuing.

by **anniethedogdog** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:37 pm

Ok i did want the program said and put it on a floppy. Then I restarted my computer and it just showed the same thing over and over. Something like:
@x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx

by **anniethedogdog** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:43 pm

Suppose I have bad memory, how do I fix it.

BTW quit pushing your stupid memory check program, it doesnt work anyway.

by **Cactus** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:47 pm

by **Geekgirl** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:49 pm

by **anniethedogdog** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:36 pm

Did both of those and I still get the error, I blaim Dell.

by **anniethedogdog** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:51 am

I have better news, now scandisk and my deframenter doesn't work. :mad:

I am about to throw my computer out the window! :flame:

by **Geekgirl** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:59 am

If you're having problems running ScanDisk and or Defrag, you might like to try out these fixes:

Sometimes Defrag appears to freeze at the 10 % mark, If it does so wait a bit longer, because defrag is just figuring out how to best organize your files and will start running again in a few minutes.

Use Scandisk if Defrag repeatedly dies on you. Run ScanDisk: For Win95 users go to Start/Programs/Accessories/SystemTools. Win98 users open MyComputer and right-click the drive you wish to ScanDisk and then select Properties then Scandisk. (Or use the same method as previously mentioned for Win95 users.

Use Thorough scan by checking it before you click Start. If ScanDisk can't finish its job either, exit Windows and try using the DOS version of Scandisk to do this click Start/Shutdown/Restart in MS-DOS mode. When you get to the DOS prompt c:\ type scandisk.

Close all your programs including your virus scanner. Don't have any programs running when using either Scandisk or Defrag because these programs will need to access the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and will thus halt or usually cause the process to restart. To exit all your applications, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the Close Program window. Close every program listed -- except Explorer and Systray -- by highlighting each item and clicking End Task.

Disable your screen saver. To do so right-click the desktop and select Properties. Click the Screen Saver tab. For your screen saver, select None, then click OK.

Clean up your hard drive. The more free space there is on your HDD the better these tools work.

Empty your browser's cache and history folders. Delete all the .tmp and .chk files you can find. To do so, click Start/Find and in the search box (field) type *.tmp and this will search for all your temporary files. Repeat for chk files by typing *.chk in the search field.

Uninstall any programs you no longer use, and finally don't forget to empty the recycle bin. Both Scandisk and Defrag should run like a dream now :-)

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