Re: bad page file

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"Sanford Aranoff" <aranoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I guess the problem is that I deleted f:\System Volume Information.
> It is a Maxtor disk, and their software says the disk is now okay.
> What is strange is the error messages I received!
>
> Ron Martell wrote:
>
>> Sanford Aranoff <aranoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >New XP machine. Woke up in the morning. Bad page file. Had to unplug the
>> >computer. Would not reboot. Shut off power from the external hard disk,
>> >and then rebooted fine. Restored system to a few days ago. Tested F:,
>> >the external hard disk. Bad sectors. Called Dell, and they authorized a
>> >warranty return.
>>
>> Bad Page file? What was the actual error message? Can you provide
>> the complete *verbatim* text?
>>
>> >
>> >I decided to try to format. Everything was fine. Tested F:. Everything
>> >is fine. How can this be? If the disk was bad, formatting would not make
>> >it good!
>>
>> Was your page file on drive F:? Windows XP does not support the use
>> of a page file on an external/removable drive.
>>
>> >
>> >I noticed after the format, F: contained a few files. Why are there
>> >files present on a drive that was formatted? One file is "System Volume
>> >Information". I am unable to read this file. Access Denied. It is a
>> >hidden file. There is also a autorun.inf file. Do you think my problems
>> >may have come from deleting these files? If so, why did the problem
>> >arise in the morning, instead of immediately after deleting the files?
>>
>> System Volume Information is the folder where Windows XP stores the
>> System Restore data for that drive. If System Restore is enabled for
>> a specific drive/partition then that drive will have a System Volume
>> Information folder placed on it automatically. Newly formatted
>> drives/partitions will have the folder created immediately after the
>> format is complete.
>>
>> You can turn off System Restore on specific drives/partitions if you
>> want to, provided you are aware of the risks inherent in doing so.
>> See MVP Bert Kinney's System Restore pages at
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/index.html for more detailed
>> information.
>>
>> >
>> >Is my hard disk good, or should I exchange it?
>> >
>>
>> I would determine the name of the actual manufacturer of the hard
>> drive (Recent new Dell systems that I have seen have used Maxtor
>> drives) and then download the free diagnostic utility from the
>> manufacturer's web site and test the disk thoroughly. If it passes
>> the manufacturer's test then it is probably okay.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP
>> On-Line Help Computer Service
>> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
>> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>
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