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From: dlm@hermes.dlogics.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: unmoveble blocks in Norton Speed disk
Message-ID: <636.2843dc2e@hermes.dlogics.com>
Date: 29 May 91 16:51:57 CST
References: <10545@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: Datalogics, Inc., Chicago, IL
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In article <10545@castle.ed.ac.uk>, own@castle.ed.ac.uk (O Morgan) writes:
> ...I'm only asking because I just did an SD, and virtually the whole of my
> hard disk is marked as "unmoveable blocks", which isn't very reassuring.
> 
> Does anyone know why this happens (I thought only hidden and system
> files where unmoveable) and how to cure the problem?  
> 
> Olly  Morgan
> --

This just happened to me last nite: 1.2 megabytes of unmovable clusters. so
i ran NDD (the disk doctor) who said that i had an unlinked chain. this can
happen if you boot or otherwise abort a lengthy file operation. it must have
occurred while i was unpacking a damaged .ARC library; ARCE went nuts so i
booted. NDD created a filename for the chain, which i then deleted.

-- 
Dave Mausner, Sr Tech Consultant / Datalogics Inc / Chicago IL / 312-266-4450
                        dlm@hermes.dlogics.com
            "Don't talk about it -- just show me the code!"