Is there a way to prevent ScanDisk from running at bootup?
(Win98/Me) What you describe sounds more like an issue with the shutdown sequence than with ScanDisk running for no apparent reason. Many hard drives include a memory cache located on the drive itself. This cache helps deliver faster drive performance by allowing your computer to send data to the cache rather than wait for the drive to write the data to its platter. The same performance enhancement occurs when your system reads the drive. If the necessary data is already stored in the drive’s memory cache, your system won’t need to wait to physically read the data from the drive’s platter. The problem kicks in when you turn off your computer. As your system shuts down, it may not wait for the data in the hard drive’s cache to be successfully written to the drive’s platter. As a result, some data may not be written or may become corrupt. In either case, the next time you boot your computer, ScanDisk checks for possible hard drive corruption. To correct this problem, you will need to add
