To: "Eli Zaretskii" Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 03:27:06 0000 From: "nimrod a. abing" Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Sent-Mail: off X-Expiredinmiddle: true X-Mailer: MailCity Service Subject: Re: rm -d and mangled fat entries X-Sender-Ip: 208.160.246.197 Organization: QUALCOMM Eudora Web-Mail (http://www.eudoramail.com:80) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Language: en Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com >> If anyone out there knows of an fsck workalike, plz let me know. > >It's called SCANDISK on Windows. > Yes, I know that, but scandisk fails to fix some errors. Which is why I'm looking for a better alternative. I've seen and used fsck (on Linux) before and I like it. Too bad there isn't a DJGPP port. Q: Will there be an fsck port for DJGPP? If not, plz explain why. BTW> You're right. rm didn't cause those unmovable blocks. I remember I had a Windoze crash before those things showed up and I was using (bleagh!) Corel PhotoPaint.Apperently it left some files open on the hard disk which may be the "unmovable" blocks I keep seeing each time I defrag my disk. --- nimrod_a_abing ---------------- Hot Windows Tip: ---------------- How to free up at least 300 MB of hard disk space (as seen from the MS-DOS prompt): C:\>deltree c:\windows Delete directory "Windows" and all its subdirectories? [yn] y Deleting Windows... C:\> (don't try this at home kids... not unless you have Linux installation CDs) Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com