Thanks John I will give it a try, in a little bit, (and thank you for the info about the /F, I ran chkdsk from Dos earlier (about an hour ago) and knew there was a switch to run it at startup, but couldn't remember what it was) I'll let you know K ----- Original Message ----- From: "John E." <eejohne@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:30 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Problem with XP > > Oops!!! I got the slash wrong. The command should be > CHKDSK /F Boy, is my face red. I hope this helps. > John E. > > --- "John E." <eejohne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi K, > > You could try running checkdisk. Go to > > Start/Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt and when > > the > > box opens type CHKDSK \F It will give you a > > message > > that it can't do it but can at reboot; type Y and > > close the command prompt and restart your puter. If > > this does or does not work let me know. > > John E. > list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
