Re: chkdsk does not fix allocation errors (update)

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From: wagstaff
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 03:19

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In <796542189snx@eden.apana.org.au>, adam@eden.apana.org.au (Adam Frey) writes:
>Below is my original message. I wanted to clarify after receiving many
>email replies asking whether I was running chkdsk FROM C: or A:
>that I reboot with the installation disks, get a shell, use disk 2
>and then run
>a:\chkdsk c: /F:2
>
>BTW I am running the fullpack installed on top of 2.11
>-------------
>
>I run chkdsk c: /F:2
>and it comes up with errors in about 10 files (wav files, executables all
>kinds) and says it corrected them. But if I run chkdsk again, before or after
>rebooting I get exactly the same errors.
>
>Help please
>I don't have four weeks to wait for IBM tech support
>
There are a number of 'bugs' in CHKDSK for OS/2.  When I was beta testing Partition 
Magic, I heard of all that the authors had found - that was why they built a 
reliable "DISK CHECK" into Partition Magic

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