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Solve : scandisk stalls on win98se bootup?

Answer» <html><body><p>Was using Juno when a large error message occur in a window stating that juno program occured an error. When I clicked ok to shut window, the internet connection stopped but windows 98se froze up.I couldn't shut it down so I just turned computer off. On start up microsoft scandisk starts automaticly,when it reaches 50% complete a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windo-2335374" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDO">WINDO</a> appears with message[Scandisk detected an invalid long file name entry on this drive but was unable to fix it .To fix this problem,run scandisk for windows.<br/> I can't get past this message.I hit enter for ok to close windowbut keyboard doesn"t respond. The window wont close.I tried hitting exit while scandisk was runing It won't respond either.<br/> I tried putting in a win98se bootdisk but it doesn't even read floppy on start up.It never did. before either.I think I should mention that if I left a floppy in by mistake on start up before I never got a messge of an invalid startup disk.<br/> How can I get start up to not run scandisk ?I can,t get to command prompt. Is there something in bios that is not letting floppy disk not to be read on startup?<br/> Right now the computer is froze when scandisk message appears.Won,t load win98se<br/> Thanks<br/><br/>You need to get into BIOS and select the option to boot from floppy first. If you don't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/know-534065" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KNOW">KNOW</a> how to do this, watch the screen carefully when you first <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/switch-20997" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SWITCH">SWITCH</a> on; somewhere you will see an instruction to hit such-and-such a key (or key combination) to enter BIOS and change settings. If you don't see any such message, google "how to enter BIOS".<br/><br/>Once you're in BIOS, select an option to "boot from floppy disc first", or words to that effect.<br/><br/>You should be able to boot from your Win98SE floppy now. Once you've got a DOS prompt, run the command "ATTRIB C:\*.* -H -R" (without the quotes) and then run the command "DIR C:\". This should reveal all the system files in the root directory of C. If any of the system files has a filename longer than the 8.3 DOS standard (possibly as a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/result-238022" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RESULT">RESULT</a> of virus activity), then assuming you can identify what the filenames are supposed to be, you can rename them <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/manuallybrbr-2814100" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MANUALLY">MANUALLY</a> and try rebooting (good luck).<br/><br/>Do the same for the Windows\System\ and Windows\System32\ directories.<br/><br/>If this doesn't work you may well have no alternative but a complete reformat and re-install. Unless someone who really does know what he is talking about can give you a better answer before then.<br/><br/></p></body></html>


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