Re: Disabling Scandisk when win95 restarts w/r/t PEN based systems

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From: Garrett Kaste (thinkpad760xd_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 15 2000 - 16:34:29 EST


I too own a 730T. Windows will automatically go into
scandisk after a few minuets. There is a solution
though. There is a program called TweakUI, it is part
of Microsofts Power Tools, you can get that right from
there web page. This will let you disable the
scandisk easy.

Garrett Kaste.

--- Mike Lingenfelter <mwl_at_tuckahoe.blwd.k12.pa.us>
wrote:
> I have a 730T ThinkPad that I use to take attendance
> and to grade laboratory
> practical exercises in my classroom. I am running
> WIN95 as the OS with the
> pen extensions for the 730T/TE. On occasion I have
> left the system on and
> the battery runs down or I incorrectly shutdown
> using the power switch
> instead of exiting properly. On restart, the system
> requires the user to
> press any "key" to run scandisk. The only way that
> this is possible is to
> dock the TP and use a keyboard. How do you
> configure win95 to not use
> scandisk?
>
> Also, could it be possible to use the IBM Microdrive
> (340mb at the moment.
> I'm sure big blue will make better.) to be used to
> run the system. This
> would free up an extra PCMCIA slot
>
> As for the pertinent details:
>
>
> The system is a 730T/Te ThinkPad
> Windows 95 OS (minimal dos drivers were used so
> that I had a lot of free
> space on the 105mb HDD)
> NO PENDOS installed
>
>
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