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From: cak@vpnet.chi.il.us (Cindi Knox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What should I do when HD has lost clusters ?
Keywords: Hard Disk Drive, Lost Cluster
Message-ID: <266c392f-1e0f.6comp.sys.ibm.pc-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 6 Jun 90 01:55:10 GMT
References: <10755@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <1990Jun3.210946.1088@druid.uucp>
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A little known option is to run CHKDSK/F and answer N

This is good if A1) you know what you did wrong or A2) you don't care and
B) you don't have the time and/or inclination to look at/delete a number
of FILExxxx.CHK files equivalent to the number of chains listed in
xxxx lost clusters in xxxx chains. CHKDSK will then free up the lost clusters 
directly, and not make those FILExxxx.CHK which would be in your root directory
regardless of the directory they were SUPPOSED to be in.

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