Scandisk Created Numbered Directories
 

I tried setup /is, looked like it would work, then this
message popped up:

"There is a crosslinked file on drive c, Run
scandisk /all from setup disk 1 or win98 compact disk to
fix the problem. Setup cannot continue."

I tried running scandisk but it wants to fix a problem
with every file in every directory, which would take
several days of pushing reture key and still no guarantee
it would work cause it's already been done once. Any
other ideas on how to get windows loaded?

Thank again, Tim
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"Tim" wrote in
message
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Laptop stopped booting to Windows98. It stopped booting
with a C: prompt and 0 (zero) directories were shown
when
typing the dos dir command.

Booted to A drive with a start-up disk. Ran scandisk.
Scandisk reported a problem with each directory it
found,
supposedly fixed the problem by creating 2860 numbered
directories (Dir00001, Dir00002 ect ect).

I can view each of the directories using dos commands.
It looks like I could run fdisk and just start over by
loading Windows ect, but I'd like to recover several
dozen files first, mostly .doc or .txt files. But using
dos commands to sort through 2860 directories could
take
years. So I thought I'd load windows98 first, search
for
my files, then do fdisk and and load windows again to a
fresh disk.

The problem is that when I try to load windows98, it
runs
scandisk first. And scandisk sees those 2860
directories
all as problem directories and wants to fix each of
them
all over again. I tried to allow that on the first two
directories but then scandisk reports that the data in
the directory is now unrecoverable (although I can view
the directory and all files in it using the dos dir and
edit commands.)

Can anyone suggest a way for me to either get windows98
loaded or another way to search the 2860 numbered
directories for some important files before I re-format
the C?



if you want to recover any of your data...do *not* run
fdisk
and do *not* format your drive.


try reinstalling windows

but instead of merely typing "setup" from dos

use the context setup /is

and it should skip running scan disk

now you can sort through the data

you can read the .chk files by renaming them to end
with .txt




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