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Error with winME scandisk on 98SE ...


keropi666

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Hiya!

(I have changed the thread completely)

I have made a fresh installation of win98SE with the mini tutorial on this site: using the Case 4 instructions to the letter.

I deleted and created the HDD partition with latest Ranish Partition Manager btw, using it's default FAT32 settings for 1 200GB partition (the whole disk)

I have installed win98SE fine, updated drivers, DX8.2, and using ScanFrag package from mgdx's site (although the scandisk/defrag files are being replaced from the mini tutorial above I used the package for the easy installing of other stuff in it). Installed also unofficial SP2 and when asked to replace ESDI_506.PDR I answered NO.

Now, the updated winME scandisk under windows complains about not enough memory (512MB DDR1 installed btw) ... I tried to use the DISKMINDER package from mdgx's site but the thing hangs at 100% of Lost Clusters check... :blink:

What am I missing here? :blushing: I have followed the instructions to the letter... :blushing:

Thanks in advance for any help :thumbup

edit: just tried norton disk doctor from NU2002: blue screen :angry: , could those errors be because ranish created 16kb clusters on a 200GB hdd? Acronis Disk Director defaults to 32kb btw...

edit2: found why scandisk did not work... scanfrag package from mdgx site has stock window98se's DSKMAINT.DLL , re-applying from BHDD31 package fixes the scandisk error :thumbup

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edit2: found why scandisk did not work... scanfrag package from mdgx site has stock window98se's DSKMAINT.DLL , re-applying from BHDD31 package fixes the scandisk error :thumbup

Yeah, that's it. :yes:

That's one of the motives I never recommend SCANFRAG. The other is I think it installs too many unnecessary things, while BHDD31 is spartan and to the point.

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I kinda like the rest of the files that come with scanfrag... :blushing:

For now I extracted the sfx cab, replaced DSKMAINT.DLL with the one from BHDD31 and made my own rar sfx that silently uses the inf to install the whole package...

I also found that unofficial SP2 tries to replace ESDI_506.PDR... had to rar-sfx it too to remove it from the list of installed files (yeah I really love winrar) :yes:

All those probs are giving me more knowledge LOL :thumbup

thanks for verifying this dencorso! :)

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You're welcome! :yes:

I kinda like the rest of the files that come with scanfrag... :blushing:

Please feel free to do so. Many also do. That's the beauty of having more than one choice: more people gets happy. :)

The only thing about SCANFRAG that is relevant for everybody installing it is that it needs Win ME DISKMAINT.DLL, instead of the one that comes inside it.

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keropi666 told me SCANFRAG.EXE dskmaint.dll from Win98 SE has errors with newer/larger HDDs.

So I updated SCANFRAG.EXE to include both files...

http://www.mdgx.com/files/scanfrag.php

File [1.12 MB]:

http://www.mdgx.com/files/SCANFRAG.EXE

Install will use by default the newer DLL from WinME, the one from Win98 SE is found as DSKMAINT.D98 (DLL renamed to D98).

Excerpt from SCANFRAG.TXT:

- %windir%\SYSTEM :

DSKMAINT.DLL 4.90.3000 (NEWer) = from WinME Setup CD

DSKMAINT.D98 (DSKMAINT.DLL renamed) 4.70.1998 (OLDer) = from Win98 SE Setup CD

NOTE:

Use OLDer file above ONLY IF ERRORS with NEWer 1 while using Defrag/ScanDisk:

1. Rename NEWer DSKMAINT.DLL to DSKMAINT.DME [in %windir%\SYSTEM].

2. Rename OLDer DSKMAINT.D98 to DSKMAINT.DLL [in %windir%\SYSTEM].

Enjoy. ;-)

MDGx

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Why don't you want to update ESDI_506.PDR? Your HDD exceeds 128G, so you need LBA48 support, which if I recall correctly, means you need a patched ESDI_506.PDR.

Also, be sure your BIOS supports LBA48, else you may have some disaster in your future.

BTW, NDD crashes when it has too many files, long before you fill a typical 128G partition. Delete 'scandisk.alt' to revert to the standard scandisk.

Joe.

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Why don't you want to update ESDI_506.PDR? Your HDD exceeds 128G, so you need LBA48 support, which if I recall correctly, means you need a patched ESDI_506.PDR.

Also, be sure your BIOS supports LBA48, else you may have some disaster in your future.

BTW, NDD crashes when it has too many files, long before you fill a typical 128G partition. Delete 'scandisk.alt' to revert to the standard scandisk.

Joe.

BIOS is already supporting LBA48 and I already install the patched ESDI_506.PDR on win98 setup , so the system uses it from the 1st boot. Now SP2 wants to install a different ESDI_506 that is actually older - and I don't really trust it over the patched one that I got from the thread here....

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