Re: Hard disk error check

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From: Andre Cruz (andre.cruz_at_sapo.pt)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:33:52 +0100

Hello,

Do you need FAT32 on your F drive ?
If not, change the F drive to NTFS....
Start-Run-cmd
on the command line > convert f: /fs:ntfs
Then it will ask you to reboot.

The problem can be happening because of some problem with the disk itself or
a particular file or folder, if you want to be sure first Start-Run-cmd
on the command line > chkdsk f:

"Eric" <ebucher@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:2ec4c01c46b4c$441415b0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Running Windows XP Home with no problems for a year. For
> the past week now, every time I boot up, the hard disk
> check utility runs for my secondary hard disk (blue
> scrren with message as below). Not only is this
> happening every time, but the scan is taking a huge
> amount of time--often 12 to 24 hours. Needless to say, I
> can't take a day for my system to boot up each time. Any
> way to keep the system from doing this, or any way to
> abort it and continue booting when it does? And any idea
> whay this would suddenly start happening? I do have
> Norton Utilities on my system, but have for a year with
> no problems and can't find anywhere that it is scheduling
> these checks. Any help is appreciated. The message I see
> on the screen at startup is below. Thanks
>
> Checking file system on F:
> The type of the file system is FAT32.
> The volume is dirty.
> Volume serial number is 5C9F-414F
> Windows is verifying files and folders . . .
> [much later and often after messages about a few files]
> Windows is verifying free space . . .

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