Re: Norton's Speed Disk

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From: Todd J. Ignasiak
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:14

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phfrom@nyx.uni-konstanz.de (Hartmut Frommert) writes:

>In article <1992Jul20.234952.13740@walter.cray.com> bdavis@cray.com (Brent G Davis) writes:

>>In article <92202.223626A735FJO@HASARA11.BITNET> A735FJO@HASARA11.BITNET writes:
>>>Norton's Speed Disks tells me that over a quarter of my harddisk
>>>contains unmovable blocks.
>>>Does anyone know what's wrong? (Norton? My Hard Disk?)
>>> 

>>You indeed have unmovable lost files on your hard disk.  Don't worry,
>>it's quite easy to recover this space.  Just use the following:

>>   chkdsk /f

>Since probably you have all the Norton util's, you may also use the 
>Norton Disk Doctor (NDD) for this job.

They are not necessarily lost files.  If you have hidden files, or a hidden
directory, all the files in that hidden directory are marked as unmovable
blocks.  I believe some of the other norton utilities will tell you if you
have any hidden directories, I think a program such as file-find (ff) will
parse hidden directories.

If it is 1/4 of your hard drive, then it's most likely not just hidden files
causing the problem.  But it's probably wise to check all possibilities
before running a bunch of disk recovery programs.

tji

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