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Article #249Re: Norton's Speed Disk
From: R. J. Glew
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:27
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:27
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In article <1992Jul22.011419.27723@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> ignasiak@convex.cl.msu.edu (Todd J. Ignasiak) writes: >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. Good advice. Start with information that SPEEDISK itself offers. 1. Choose `Information' from the main menu 2. Choose "Walk Map" from the pull down menu 3. Mouse over the the unmoveable block 4. Hit <Enter>. A pop up box will show you exactly what is in the block that is unmoveable. R. Glew
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!thunder!cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca!rglew From: rglew@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca (R. J. Glew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Norton's Speed Disk Message-ID: <rglew.64@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca> Date: 22 Jul 1992 15:27:08 GMT References: <92202.223626A735FJO@HASARA11.BITNET> <1992Jul20.234952.13740@walter.cray.com> <phfrom.187@nyx.uni-konstanz.de> <1992Jul22.011419.27723@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Sender: news@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca Distribution: comp Organization: Lakehead University Lines: 28