AVG does it fix?

shanni

Does AVG fix things? I run the virus check every week and the last twice it has said that my boot drive C has an error. How do I go about finding out what the error is and to fix it?
Win '98

thanks

pardal51

try to run check disk....

boot in DOS mode and run it....

Sorry to ask, but still on Win98???? Have a look at Linux options if buying a XP/2K licence is an issue for you....

Hope that helps!!!

shanni

Yes! Still using Win '98. This is a money saving site...not a millionaires site.

What happens when I re-start using dos mode?

chuckles1066

shanni wrote:

Yes! Still using Win '98. This is a money saving site...not a millionaires site.

What happens when I re-start using dos mode?

well, from memory, you'll be confronted with a black screen and a c:\ prompt with a flashing cursor.

type chkdsk/f and you should see a report telling you if you've any bad clusters etc.

for Win98, a better idea is (having saved your work first) to simply turn your pc off at the power instead of waiting for "its now safe to switch off your pc" screen. When you re-boot, Windows should complain that it was shut down improperly and will run scandisk against your drive.

pchelpman

chuckles1066 wrote:

turn your pc off at the power instead of waiting for "its now safe to switch off your pc" screen. When you re-boot, Windows should complain that it was shut down improperly and will run scandisk against your drive.

OK. Maybe once (and if you really have no opther option in an emergncy) but don't tun off the power too often before you've shut down properly or you'll end up with a trashed hard drive.

tigermatt

chuckles1066 wrote:

...for Win98, a better idea is (having saved your work first) to simply turn your pc off at the power instead of waiting for "its now safe to switch off your pc" screen. When you re-boot, Windows should complain that it was shut down improperly and will run scandisk against your drive.

In Windows 98, I think you can just right-click the Partition/Hard Drive icon in My Computer, and then select the Tools tab, then pick Scandisk, instead of risking a broken computer.

mickmg

Hi
I had the same error message after doing a full scan this week (Win ME) I went onto the AVG forum site for advice and it turns out they know about this error message that people are getting after updating AVG.

A forum member wrote this message

" Reading Error/Boot Sector of Drive C:
Posted by: PCPam (IP Logged)
Date: November 21, 2005 12:03AM

I run windows Me. I use Lavasoft Ad-Aware, the Avg Free edition Virus Protection and the free version of the Zone Alarm Firewall.

I recently updated my Avg (after having been away for a month) and then ran a Complete Scan after which a message in Boot Sector C: came up as a Reading Error.

I did a Google Search and found some messages pertaining to this problem at the beginning of November.

I was wondering if there has been a fix for the problem as it sounded as if this in not an isolate case.

I use Adaware and remove spyware adware from my computer regularly as well as regular virus Checks.

Anyway, I came to find this forum looking for help as I did not know what that message meant and wether or not to igonore it as others suggested.

Any help would be appreciate. "

And they got this reply from the AVG Moderator

"Re: Reading Error/Boot Sector of Drive C:
Posted by: rdsok - Moderator (IP Logged)
Date: November 21, 2005 12:53AM


Grisoft hasn't released a fix for this issue yet which happens on at least Win98 and WinME systems. For now the best suggestion is to simply ignore the error which is cosmetic only and isn't a functional issue. That way you don't have to do anything when the issue is resolved. The following is a work around which I don't suggest unless you just don't want to see the error. If you follow it, you will have to enable the test after a fix is released.

Re: Problems after updating
Posted by: Aldan - Grisoft Team
Date: October 23, 2005 01:09PM


"Boot Sector of Disk C: Reading error" issue was already replicated in our teslab and our developers are working on it.
Do the following to fix it for now:
1) run AVG Test Center (double click the AVG desktop icon)
2) choose "System Areas Test Settings" option from "Tests" menu
3) press "Remove Boot" button
4) confirm OK

It's a temporary solution. Let me know if it doesn't help. Thank you.

Personnally i will leave the temporary fix and wait for problem to be addressed properly. Hope this helps.

tigermatt

tigermatt wrote:

In Windows 98, I think you can just right-click the Partition/Hard Drive icon in My Computer, and then select the Tools tab, then pick Scandisk, instead of risking a broken computer.

P.s. I know you can do this in Windows XP - The names of the tabs might be slightly different in ME.