[funk]

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Error Messages:this is my error c:\progra"1\yamaha when i run the scandisk from dos as i cant get into windows this is shown as an invalid fat chain and will not fix from the scandisk menu please help

[tincan]

what OS are you running? Have you tried a surface scan? It is quite possible that you have corrupted sectors. A surface scan will try and recover the data from the bad sectors.

[funk]

what is OS and how do you run a surface scan

[tincan]

My apologise for being short and brief. OS is operating system (Win 95, Win 2000, linux etc...). Once your scandisk from dos is done, depending on the OS it may ask if you want to do a surface scan, answer yes to this question, it will then check all the sectors on the hard, if you see these blocks with a B, then they are bad sectors. As well if you have more then 5 of these B then I would recommend that you save all of you data and replace the hard drive.

[funk]

i am running wimdows 98 and i have to use the bootdisk for the pc to start and acess the scandisk option. on the second blue screen scan it stops at 61% and gives the error stated previously I cant fix it using tools and therefore i cant get to the end of it to run this surface scan sorry

[tincan]

Do you have another hard drive, or can you bring your hard drive over to a friends house? I would suggest that you try and get the data that you want to save off the hard drive as soon as possible. Once you have done so. Then boot up with a bootable floppy and run at the prompt:

format c: /u

this will format the hard drive and check for bad sectors, if some are found, then I would get ride of that hard drive and get a new one.

[funk]

thank verymuch that did the job u wouldnt happen to know of any good soundcards for my pent 2

[tincan]

A have always liked sound blaster cards. I have the sound blaster live card. Good card and shouldn't be to expensive either now.