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On 11 Apr 2009, at 09:37, Mick wrote: |
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> ... I cannot afford to lose the |
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> remaining data on the disk and I do not have another disk as large |
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> to back up |
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> first. |
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You're completely stuffed, then. There's nothing you can safely do |
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except leave these dodgy files intact. |
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>> Is there an application I could use to remove them and free the |
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>> space on the disk, or should I run chkdisk or fsck first? |
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> I think that you have to boot into windows and try to run chkdsk to |
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> repair |
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> the filesystem. |
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What he said. |
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I believe the risk to the remaining data is low, but I believe it is |
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present. chkdsk has no more warranty than any other software. |
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Stroller. |
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