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 -- Andrew Pinder --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support List-related queries to iyonix-support-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx