-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Hard Drive Problems

Tim,
    I almost forgot to include the warning to NOT run CHKDSK or Defrag or 
any other utilities on the external.  Most will overwrite what is needed to 
try and save the data.

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Schoon" <gamemaster@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 11:10 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Hard Drive Problems


> I've been noticing  lack of hard disk space on my internal 20GB HDD. I've
> noticed that my Pagefily.sys file is 1,536MB in size. This seems unusually
> high, as I've recalled it usually being much smaller. Is this normal? If
> not, can the file be deleted and will Windows (XP Pro) generate a new 
> copy?
>
> Also, I have a Seagate 120GB External HDD that, for reasons unknown, has
> decided is no longer formatted. Seems like it de-formatted itself. I have
> games and programs installed on this drive as well as backups of files 
> I've
> downloaded. Now Windows believes the disk isn't formatted and is asking me
> if I'd like to do so now. The day before this happened it was hooked up,
> powered on and functioning normally. It has not been moved, unplugged, etc
> since it last worked normally. Do I really have to reformat this drive? 
> And
> what about the programs and games installed on it - surely there are
> registry entries for these on the internal HDD which would no longer be
> valid. I've said no every time Windows prompts me to format it in the 
> hopes
> it's a simple error that can be fixed.
>
>
> Tim :-) 


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