NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/misc/27450

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin J. Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: chkdsk c: /f:3, How?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 14 Aug 92 11:48:39 GMT
Organization: SPS ACAD BBS, [phone]
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Okay, I have reason to suspect that I need to run a chkdsk on my C:
partition (HPFS for OS/2, 47M). How exactly do I go about this? What I
tried so far:
  Booted OS/2 from the Install and Disk 1 floppies
  Attempted to run c:chkdsk c: /f:3 from the A: drive
this didn't do much besides tell me that the HPFS file system was
started, so I switched over to the C: drive and tried to run chkdsk from
there. No joy. Got a disk is in use error message. So now what? (BTW, I
have 1.2M 5.25" drive as drive A:)

I think I need to run chkdsk for several reasons:
1) The other day my System folder was showing 2 copies of the Command
Prompts folder (this in addition to the shadow version that's on the
desktop). I attempted to determine which one was bogus. I was
unsuccessful and when I through one in the trash can (shredder), all
three went down in flames!
2) After having successfully installed the new kernal, my swapper.dat
file was shrinking back down to 4M as it should. However, lately
(especially after running DeScribe 3.0?) it has been getting stuck at 5,
6 or 7M and won't shrink back unless I do a shutdown and reload OS/2.

...Kevin

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