windows 2000 pro question

[beatbox]

ok so i went on my c: harddrive right clicked and went to run scan disk
and it said it cant run it but it will run when you restart
ok so i restarted and before it prompts you to enter your password
it runs scandisk
on step 5 of 5 and at 59%
my computer just turns off
and i thought it might be something else.....do the same thing and it shuts off again
what seems to be the problem?

im running a P4 2.93 GHZ with a gigabyte GA-8S661FXM-775 motherboard
PC2100 256mb ram
and a 40gig Western Digital HD

any advice
thanks

[goofball]

PC shouldn't turn off.

Could be something else causing it to turn off.

as a precaution, run hard disk diag's on the drive.

If that is clear, I would double check your cooling situation, clean any dust out of the PC.

[beatbox]

i checked the temp and its running at 42 degrees
and how do i run a diag of my hd...do you mean defragment it did that perfectly fine

help....
thanks

[ronny1980]

i checked the temp and its running at 42 degrees
and how do i run a diag of my hd...do you mean defragment it did that perfectly fine

help....
thanks

Search google for some harddisk diag program. Tonnes out there showing the health of your HD.