ScanDisk Out of Memory Error Message
Article ID: 132832
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
APPLIES TO
This article was previously published under Q132832
SYMPTOMS
When you run ScanDisk, you may receive the following error message:
Your computer does not have enough available memory to complete this
task. If any other programs are running, quit one or more of them and
then click OK.
CAUSE
Your hard drive has too many files and folders for ScanDisk to run.
RESOLUTION
To scan your disk, run MS-DOS Scandisk.exe in the Single MS-DOS Application
mode.
MORE INFORMATION
Theoretically, the maximum number of files and folders that ScanDisk can
scan is 52,416. The practical number may be somewhat lower.
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