Disk problem - Win 2000 Pro

Hello,

In recent weeks, sometimes when I start the computer I get a message:
"Filesystem is FAT32"
"One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency"

Then I have to wait more than 2 hours for the check to complete checking the
38 GB disk..
I have not watched when it finishes, so I don't know if there are any
summaries that show the results of the checking.

The system is always shut down properly, and aside from the checking, it
appears to work correctly.
It is behind a hardware firewall (Router) and has up-todate virus and
Internet security software, so it is unlikely the problems are related to
malware of any kind.

I have heard that this behavior sometimes precedes a disk failure, so I am
keeping my fingers crossed.
I need better performance, reliability, as well as more storage space, so I
have ordered a new computer and is considering leaving this one running
until the new one arrives in about 2 weeks.
I have tons of development software installed, Office, including three
versions of MS Access, Visual Studio, Alpha5, Acrobat etc., plus gobs of
data files, so I hesitate to try to fix the problem until I have backed up
at least the most important files.
I am planning to use LapLink's PCMover to transfer apps and data files to
the new machine.

Once that is done I will upgrade the old machine to Windows XP Pro and
convert the file system to NTFS

Has anyone had any experience with this kind of behavior?
Any comment or suggestions would be appreciated.

Ragnar


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