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Subject:	Re: OT: windows problem
From:	Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:29:49 -0700
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Press F8  not F2 on bootup to get the menu

-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: windows problem

---- Original Message ----
From: "Simpkins, Terry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:20 PM
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: windows problem

> Maybe one of you "windows gods" can help with this.
>
> I have a file on a Windows '98 machine that I can't delete.

> This file is a ".jpg" file that I started to download by accident from
> WINMX.  (I intended to get the file next to it, but "fat moused" the
> selection) I stopped the WINMX download, and this is what I was left
> with.

> I have defragged the drive, scanned for viruses, restarted the PC,
> all to no gain.  I suspect some sort of directory corruption, but
> that is merely a guess. Anyone have any ideas?  Anyone know of a
> directory "repair" tools that addresses this sort of problem??

Have you run Scandisk? This is the Win98 tool you most probably need, to fix
this.

Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Scandisk.

This will report any problems, and probably let you delete what is a
directory
entry with no underlying file, or a file that is improperly described or
catalogued.

Should work for you....

But failing that, start the machine in DOS (note; it is not enough to just
drop to DOS from a started Win98) - you probably press f2 as the machine
boots
up to get to the relevant menu. Then run Scandisk there. The DOS version you
get is fiercer than the Windows one, and can fix things that the Windows one
can't. Or that Windows, if you let it start, would be sitting on....

--
Roy Brown

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