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scandisk error

Wig
Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
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Win98 SE
When I have a bluescreen & subsequent reboot, scandisk is run and finds a longfile name error on drive C, it says unable to fix, run scandisk for windows to fix this problem.

I ran scandisk in windows but it found no errors. What's going on?

Comments

  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    If it's running Ok, ignore it.
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    Space on C drive is extremely valuable for me. If I can free up some space being taken by this problem, I'd like to.
  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    I doubt you'd get any space back at all. At most, an invalid LFN takes up a few bytes. 300GB hard drives are pennies - just buy a new one.
  • mdbarber
    mdbarber Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    try a full/thorough scan
    click here to achieve nothing!
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Why are you running Windoze 98? Unsuitable in this day and age and unsupported. I would recommend that you change to XP or a current Linux release asap to avoid any security issues. ;)
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    mdbarber wrote: »
    try a full/thorough scan
    I did, with scandisk within windows, it found nothing. But scandisk on bootup always finds a LFN error.
  • vyseyboy
    vyseyboy Posts: 624 Forumite
    You could use this to find and delete the offender:

    http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm
    Russia is HERE
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