isaacso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Eric J. Isaacson) (03/28/91)
It is my understanding that Norton's Speed Disk marks as unmovable any files that are hidden or that are otherwise identified as unmovable via the appropriate command within SD. On my machine (an Empac 386/20 with 40Meg drive--don't know what kind without looking under the hood) SD labels as Unmovable 45 blocks, in addition to the two system files and the FRECOVER.whatever. If I indeed have some hidden files, there certainly aren't enough to occupy 45 blocks. These unmovable blocks are scattered throughout the drive so, even after a complete defragmenting, SD reports only 98% defragmented files. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? Thanks. -- Eric J. Isaacson (the other) Internet: isaacso@ucs.indiana.edu School of Music--Indiana Univ. NeXT Mail: isaacso@bartok.music.indiana.edu Bloomington, IN 47405 -- I am NOT the author of A86 and other -- (812) 855-7832(o)/333-1827(h) -- outstanding software...I wish I were... --
isaacso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Eric J. Isaacson) (03/28/91)
isaacso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Eric J. Isaacson) writes: ... >via the appropriate command within SD. On my machine (an Empac 386/20 >with 40Meg drive--don't know what kind without looking under the hood) >SD labels as Unmovable 45 blocks, in addition to the two system files ... >Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? Thanks. Several people correctly solved this problem: I had a bunch of lost clusters-- in 10 chains, which is solved by using "chkdsk /f" and deleting the resulting files. Thanks to all who mailed! -- Eric J. Isaacson (the other) Internet: isaacso@ucs.indiana.edu School of Music--Indiana Univ. NeXT Mail: isaacso@bartok.music.indiana.edu Bloomington, IN 47405 -- I am NOT the author of A86 and other -- (812) 855-7832(o)/333-1827(h) -- outstanding software...I wish I were... --
roth@pdntg1.paradyne.com (Mike Rothman) (03/28/91)
You may very well have some files labelled as Read-Only To change this, do an attrib -r I am not sure but I think you can globally do it by attrib -r *.* /s But I may be wrong
tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk) (03/29/91)
The News Manager) Nntp-Posting-Host: na Reply-To: tporczyk@na.excelan.com (Tony Porczyk) Organization: Standard Disclaimer References: <isaacso.670098249@copper> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1991 19:40:29 GMT In article <isaacso.670098249@copper> isaacso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Eric J. Isaacson) writes: >SD labels as Unmovable 45 blocks, in addition to the two system files The easiest way to figure it out is to find out which files are marked as hidden. You can easily see them, appropriately marked, with Norton Commander. I believe there are some other shells that will let you do that. It is even possible under DOS, if you painfully go through directories checking the attributes of the files. Tony