My word, I need help again.

16 years ago

I had to restart my computer and when it restarted, a blue screen came up with :" file Scane "D" drive. hit any key to exit. and then hit excape. I do NOT know how to stop this from happening when I restart the computer. I am running XP. PK

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mikie_gw
16 years ago
D drive on mamy PC's is the CD/DVD drive.
Is that so in your case?

Perhaps remove the CD/DVD that is in it.
Maybe/Possibly your virus program is set to scan removable drives. And if it has a Cd/DVD in place,, it wants to do its job.
pkspigs
Original Author
16 years ago
No I did not ask it to do any kind of scan. "D" drive is an external back up that I have disconnected because it was full. I don't know how this stuff just comes up on my screen. I have used Avast and Malawarebytes today, because i did have a trogan horse show up and Malawarebytes Quarantined it. PK
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pkspigs
Original Author
16 years ago
I really don't think you understand what I am talking about. I did not explain it very well as I am not sure what I am looking at. Every time you want to restart the computer, this blue screen comes up and then it says scan disc file "D".if you don't want to scan, hit any key within 3 seconds. I tried to do a "goback" and I could not even do that, as I was looking for something I had deleted. How do I stop this from happening? Regards and Thanks in advance,P.K.
pkspigs
Original Author
16 years ago
I really don't think you understand what I am talking about. I did not explain it very well as I am not sure what I am looking at. Every time you want to restart the computer, this blue screen comes up and then it says scan disc file "D".if you don't want to scan, hit any key within 3 seconds. I tried to do a "goback" and I could not even do that, as I was looking for something I had deleted. How do I stop this from happening? Regards and Thanks in advance,P.K.
bpgreen
16 years ago
Don't skip the scan. Let the scan run and correct any problems it finds. Once it finishes, it should start normally.
pkspigs
Original Author
16 years ago
I have let the scan run it's course and it happens every time I restart my computer, even when the scan is finished it never exits the screen AND it says NONE of the files on D drive are readable, which is obvious since I have it disconnected. Now What, I just want to know how do I STOP this scan when I restart Regards, PK
PKponder TX Z7B
16 years ago
Can you reconnect it and let it scan?
mikie_gw
16 years ago
I don't have a xp around me but I think you can go into Device manager and probably see D drive is still there. Right click and remove ---- IF you are sure it says the make/model you removed,, you surely dont want to remove your main hard drive. If it doesnt have remove option, disable it. See what happens?

Don't know 'Device Manager' Push F1 and search it in Help.

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