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Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:05:32 PST8
From:	Steve Schiffman <schiffman@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: FAT32

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Harry Motin wrote:
>
> Sorry that you are having problems after attempting to install Linux. My suggestion (I should have written it in more detail) is to use
> CHKDSK to correct the errors your partition(s). For example, on your J:\ partition you could enter the following at a commandline:
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> CHKDSK J: /F
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> The "/F" parameter will cause CHKDSK to attempt to fix any errors it finds. . . . .
> CHKDSK may help you just enough

I suggest that you DO NOT RUN CHKDSK with the /F parameter.

If you do, you will most likely totally scramble everything and make any
recovery impossible.

This is the reason why: CHKDSK is intended for use on a file system
partition whose partition structure is OK. CHKDSK will attempt to
resolve any file system inconsistencies. In Sandy's case, the partition
structure is corrupt. CHKDSK will not fix this. Instead, do as Steven
Levine suggested and contact DFSee guru Jan van Wijk.

What needs to be done is to straiten out the partition structure and
this needs to be done before doing any file system manipulations.

Steve Schiffman

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