sekoppenhoef@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Shawn E. Koppenhoefer) (06/01/90)
When I run CHKDSK /F I get the following report:
C:\WORDPROC\TEX\PK\432\CMB10.GF
Is cross linked on cluster 216
C:\SHAWN
Is cross linked on cluster 216
C:\WORDPROC\TEX\INPUTS\NULL.TEX
Is cross linked on cluster 216
and then the normal info about disk space, hidden files, directies etc.
QUESTION: *how do i get rid of these cross links?! I thought /F was supposed
to fix the problem?! Anyone I've asked has said they have no idea.
No-one seems to know what the trouble is or how to fix it! :-(
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From article <1990Jun1.160056.11952@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, by sekoppenhoef@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Shawn E. Koppenhoefer): > When I run CHKDSK /F I get the following report: > > C:\WORDPROC\TEX\PK\432\CMB10.GF > Is cross linked on cluster 216 > C:\SHAWN > Is cross linked on cluster 216 > C:\WORDPROC\TEX\INPUTS\NULL.TEX > Is cross linked on cluster 216 > > and then the normal info about disk space, hidden files, directies etc. > > QUESTION: *how do i get rid of these cross links?! I thought /F was supposed > to fix the problem?! Anyone I've asked has said they have no idea. > No-one seems to know what the trouble is or how to fix it! :-( > > > The problem is that the file allocation table (FAT) for both files contains an entry for cluster 216 (for reasons too numerous to mention). The fix is to use a hex editor of a utility like Norton Utilities to patch the two FAT's. The problem is that one or both files will probably be damaged. For ASCII text the clean up may be minor - for binary files you should refer to your most recent backup :-) If you have a nice fresh clean disk the FAT's may show some signs of pattern, for an old well-used, fragmented disk you have a problem. Good luck. A > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| _ _ KLEIN BOTTLE for sale... > Shawn E. Koppenhoefer | | enquire within. > ...watmath!rose!sekoppenhoef | - > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sekoppenhoef@rose.uwaterloo.ca sekoppenhoef@rose.uwaterloo.edu
keithm@wicat.UUCP (Keith McQueen) (06/11/90)
In article <1990Jun1.160056.11952@watdragon.waterloo.edu> sekoppenhoef@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Shawn E. Koppenhoefer) writes: >When I run CHKDSK /F I get the following report: > . . . Report of several crosslinked files . . . This means that the files ALL have the cluster in question allocated to them. What you have to do is get down to only one file having the cluster allocated. Usually this means deleting all but one of the files in question and then running CHKDSK /F again. -- Keith McQueen, Wicat Systems Inc. , (801)224-6400 | My opinions are | N7HMF @ NV7V.UT.USA.NA (84058), 147.34+, 449.675- | all mine... |