Re: Where'd all my disk space go?

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From: Robert Schmidt
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 15:16

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In article <44204@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, bgo@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU (byron c go) writes:
 > I was converting a graphics file from JPEG to GIF format with Alchemy
 > and ran out of disk space.  I went to look for the temp file to delete it,
 > but can't find it.  Somebody once told me that there was a DOS utility to
 > recover space that didn't show up when you do a DIR, but I can't remember
 > what it was or how to do it.  Can somebody help me?  Please reply by e-mail,
 > as I don't generally read this newsgroup.


Run CHKDSK /F



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pain  -  Watch for my VGA/SB demo!
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