Widows XP - Disc Error Checking

Hi

When I use the XP error-checking tool in normal mode, the process takes less than 10 minutes to complete. When I use it in safe mode, it takes well over an hour. No errors have ever been found. I would just like to know why the process should take so much longer when my pc is operating in safe mode. I would've thought it would've been the other way round.

Can anyone tell me why?

Regards

MAYBE its because it can check more files and folders in safe mode because not as much is running? not sure though...

Practically everything is ridiculously slow in safe mode! ;)

Practically everything is ridiculously slow in safe mode! ;)

Just to start up Windows in safe mode takes forever! Anybody knows why?

it doesnt load as usual. it loads different things to make sure your computer starts up no matter what, and im just talkin crap outta my @$$ but thats what i think.