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Re: Norton's Speed Disk

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From: Kevin Kramer
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:19
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In article <2A6C845F.25E2@deneva.sdd.trw.com>, reimert@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com (Scott P. Reimert) 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?)
> > 
> >Frans (a735fjo@hasara11.bitnet)
> > 
> Several things can make blocks unmovable. Hidden files, such as IO.SYS 
> (which should be left alone and hidden), lost clusters, and the file
> used by 4DOS/NDOS (DESCRIPT.ION) for file descriptions all will be shown
> as unmovable. If you wish, you can use the ATTRIB command to remove the   
> 'H' attribute. As for lost clusters, you should run the NDD program since
> you have the Norton Utils.
> 
> 			Scott
> 

If you run windows and use a permenent swap file, this is unmovable.  That is
usually quite a large file. (mine is 4 MB since I don't have enough RAM)
Be sure to run chkdsk /F.  It sounds like you may be getting a lot of lost 
clusters as well.  (though 1/4 of a hrad drive is alot, unless it is a small
drive)

Kevin
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