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- From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: CHKDSK problem
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.075700.2933@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 07:57:00 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ringer.1992Nov17.075700.2933
- References: <1992Nov15.182654.19521@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
- Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
- Lines: 43
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- In article <1992Nov15.182654.19521@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
- >
- >Having got into a position of having to turn my machine off, as OS/2
- >was failing to respond, I found that CHKDSK was reporting errors every
- >time I started up. So, turning to the emergency boot section of
- >'Inside OS/2 2.0' I tried doing what they suggested:
- > starting from the installation disk
- > pressing ESC instead of Enter to get to the OS/2 command line
- > prompt
- > copying CHKDSK.COM from the hard drive (this was fun, there
- > isn't room on a 51/4 system disk I, so I had to delete a
- > printer01.sys file, but this was just a backup copy disk
- > anyway
- > entering CHKDSK D: /F at the prompt
- >
- >Unfortunately this doesn't work. I get a message telling me that the
- >disk is formatted with HPFS and that the HPFS file system has been
- >started, then the prompt again. If I try running CHKDSK from D: it
- >tells me, of course, that drive D is locked by another user, but it is
- >trying to do *something*, whereas running it freom A: doesn't seem to
- >do *anything* - even without the /F.
- >
- >Can anyone explain/help? I still have CHKDSK messages abnout
- >SWAPPER.DAT every time I start the system.
- >
- >Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.
-
- Boot from the OS/2 install disk. Insert disk #1 when prompted. Press
- escape when prompted. When you are at the OS/2 command line, insert
- disk #2. Stay at drive A: ; don't change to another drive! Type:
- [A:\] CHKDSK D: /F:3
-
- P.S. There is an OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQL) that
- describes OS/2, OS/2 tricks, and OS/2 maintenance. If you have
- ftp access, see my .signature for the ftp site. If you don't
- have ftp access, send me e-mail so I can send you the FAQL (it's
- about 60KB long).
-
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