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Article #248Re: Norton's Speed Disk
From: Kevin Kramer
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:19
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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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!timbuk.cray.com!hemlock.cray.com!kak1 From: kak1@cypress31.cray.com (Kevin Kramer) Subject: Re: Norton's Speed Disk Message-ID: <1992Jul22.091938.3246@hemlock.cray.com> Originator: kak1@cypress31 Lines: 26 Sender: kak1@cypress31 (Kevin Kramer) Organization: Cray Research, Inc. References: <92202.223626A735FJO@HASARA11.BITNET> <2A6C845F.25E2@deneva.sdd.trw.com> Distribution: comp Date: 22 Jul 92 09:19:38 CDT