[iyonix-support] Re: Lost+Found query

  • From: Andrew Pinder <Andrew.Pinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 09:07:35 +0100

In message <51cf8b5978mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 on 7 May 2011 John <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> I am in the process of doing some long-overdue clearing out of a hard-disc
> and have discovered that the directory "Lost+Found" now contains 2,010
> files amounting to 82,462,326,784 bytes! They are all dated 21 April 2011
> but I cannot think what happened on that day to produce this data.

> Can someone explain what has probably happened and, more importantly, say
> whether I can delete it all to make some very useful space?

I believe they are generated by DiscKnight when correcting errors on 
your disc.

Try opening them in a text editor to see what the contents are.

Regards

Andrew

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