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Please help. I tried to defrag my partition D, where Win XP resides, and was told “not enough free space”. D = 7.38 GB, 480MB free. So then I start Partition Magic to move free space into D, have plenty from other partitions. Partition Magic can’t resize the partition due to cross linked files. Scandisk would seem to be the logical fix but I can’t seem to find it anywhere, maybe merged into defrag?
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Thanks, Lee
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #1 on: Jul 25th, 2004, 2:18pm » |
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Can you drag and drop those cross-linked files?
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #2 on: Jul 25th, 2004, 2:24pm » |
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Open explorer (right click "start". then click "explore"
Then, right click on the drive you want checked, "D" in your case. Click properties, then click "tools" in the pop up window. The tool you are looking for there is called "error-checking".
A way you can free up HD space is to move the windows swap file to another partition if it currently resides on your "full" disk.
Good luck!
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #3 on: Jul 25th, 2004, 8:19pm » |
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Well duh, I used the disk clean up tools and was able to run defrag. I still can't resize the partition due to cross linked files, whatever that is. You gotta love windows 
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #4 on: Jul 25th, 2004, 10:02pm » |
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It is 'geeks', not 'nerds'. 
We were 'nerds' until the age when ladies realized that successful upper class lads with above average intellects are the lay of choice. 
(and vice versa for lady geeks!)
my ub3rl33t 5ki77s 4R3 fR4m3R, so I would be guessing.
How to Fix Cross-linked Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=83140
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #5 on: Jul 26th, 2004, 10:58am » |
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Thanks Rockk but............
Quote:| NOTE: If you are running MS-DOS 6.2 or later, run ScanDisk |
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I still can't find ScanDisk
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #6 on: Jul 26th, 2004, 1:32pm » |
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on Jul 26th, 2004, 10:58am, forgetfulnot wrote:Thanks Rockk but............
I still can't find ScanDisk
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In xp it's called chkdsk. START>RUN>type "chkdsk D: /f"
The D: is the drive letter you want to check and the /f tells the program to fix what it finds. Similar results should have been experienced from my post above...
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #7 on: Jul 26th, 2004, 2:00pm » |
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on Jul 26th, 2004, 1:32pm, Prense wrote:
In xp it's called chkdsk. START>RUN>type "chkdsk D: /f"
The D: is the drive letter you want to check and the /f tells the program to fix what it finds. Similar results should have been experienced from my post above...
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I ran chkdsk but still have cross linked files 
Might just have to format and start over, that is sooo much fun.
Lee
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #8 on: Jul 26th, 2004, 2:23pm » |
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on Jul 25th, 2004, 2:24pm, Prense wrote:Open explorer (right click "start". then click "explore"
Then, right click on the drive you want checked, "D" in your case. Click properties, then click "tools" in the pop up window. The tool you are looking for there is called "error-checking".
A way you can free up HD space is to move the windows swap file to another partition if it currently resides on your "full" disk.
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480MB free space is too little for XP. You really want as much as possible - at least a GB or two on your Windows partition.
Chris explained the way to "Scandisk" your drive. "Error Checking" IS Scandisk in WinXP.
Try "Disk Cleanup" if you haven't already, manually moving a large directory or two and/or Uninstalling a large program or two and then running the Error Checking tool again.
It sounds like you may install and uninstall programs, download and delete files or copy files on and off the partition frequently. If so, you should use the Error Checking tool and defrag frequently. When you install/uninstall and delete files frequently, the partition's "File Allocation Table," the drive's list of all files and their locations on the drive, can get corrupted. The File Allocation Table for that partition may just be so whacked that you will have to reformat and reload.
Good Luck with it.
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Re: Puter nerds, please help!
« Reply #9 on: Jul 26th, 2004, 6:13pm » |
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Thanks everyone, just got the thing fixed, flight simulator had installed a large file 174 MB on D that for some reason had the hole drive screwed up.
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