Finding total number of Folders and Files on C: drive

"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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| "Rick Chauvin" wrote in message
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| glee wrote:
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| Hey maybe they have a special chckdsk.exe for 9x or something ..if
they
| do
| please let me know where I can have it too please
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| CHKDSK.EXE in the Windows Command folder.
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| Date Modified = Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM
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MINE WON'T do that in Win98SE, EVEN using all manner of "C:" & "/v" AND
whether in Windows DOS or in True DOS...!...

CHKDSK.EXE
Loc: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
Size: 28.096 bytes
Mod: Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM

C:\CHKDSK/?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.

CHKDSK [drive:][[path]filename] [/F] [/V]

[drive:][path] Specifies the drive and directory to check.
filename Specifies the file(s) to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V Displays the full path and name of every file on the
disk.

Type CHKDSK without parameters to check the current disk.

Instead of using CHKDSK, try using SCANDISK. SCANDISK can reliably
detect and fix a much wider range of disk problems.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR



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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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DOS Window, via Start Programs MS-DOS Prompt

WIN98SE here also.

I can't get those either, Hugh.
Wonder how you get that readout?
My Chkdsk.exe:
27.4KB [28,096 bytes], 28,672 bytes used
Dec31,1979 ???? wonder about that one
I showed you mine, now you have to show me yours. :-)

Certainly not doing what you report, he

C:\WINDOWS\COMMANDchkdsk

CHKDSK has NOT checked this drive for errors.
You must use SCANDISK to detect and fix errors on this drive.

Volume WIN98 created 07-27-1998 10:45p
Volume Serial Number is 3E91-C505

2,093,338,624 bytes total disk space
985,960,448 bytes available on disk

4,096 bytes in each allocation unit
511,069 total allocation units on disk
240,713 available allocation units on disk

655,360 total bytes memory
623,248 bytes free

Instead of using CHKDSK, try using SCANDISK. SCANDISK can reliably detect
and fix a much wider range of disk problems.


C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND

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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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"glee" wrote in message
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"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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Hugh wrote:
Run CHKDSK from a DOS prompt.

Glen wrote:
That only gives total and available disk space, in bytes. It does not
give a file
count of any kind.

Hugh wrote:
Due respect, my friend, but I DID confirm it first,
just to make sure that my memory did not fail me.

1,702,395,904 bytes total disk space
38,731,776 bytes in 198 hidden files
13,238,272 bytes in 399 directories
616,497,152 bytes in 6,017 user files
1,033,928,704 bytes available on disk

How are you running CHKDSK, Hugh? From a DOS window, or from a DOS boot?
I do not
get any files or folders listed here, on Win98SE.

DOS Window, via Start Programs MS-DOS Prompt

WIN98SE here also.

Hugh Candlin wrote:
"Rick Chauvin" wrote in message
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glee wrote:

Hey maybe they have a special chckdsk.exe for 9x or something ..if
they do please let me know where I can have it too please

CHKDSK.EXE in the Windows Command folder.

Date Modified = Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM

Yes that's the exact date, time, info, and location, but a stock W98SE
chkdsk does not give that information and so I'm interested in what you
have different then. As PCR says it's 28.096 bytes here too - how about
yours Hugh?

It doesn't matter if it's run from anywhere in any partition or any folder
anywhere on W98SE and it always gives the same information, whether
run from Windows or rebooted to a DOS prompt.

Either you have done something unique - or just funin' a spoof g
...please do tell.

Rick

Rick Chauvin wrote:

[...]

Either you have done something unique - or just funin' a spoof g
..please do tell.


...take a picture of your screen Hugh k and up it to imageshack.
...here's mine.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/128/98dosse4jm.jpg



Rick

"Rick Chauvin" wrote in message
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Hugh Candlin wrote:
"Rick Chauvin" wrote in message
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glee wrote:

Hey maybe they have a special chckdsk.exe for 9x or something ..if
they do please let me know where I can have it too please

CHKDSK.EXE in the Windows Command folder.

Date Modified = Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM

Yes that's the exact date, time, info, and location, but a stock W98SE
chkdsk does not give that information and so I'm interested in what you
have different then.

Nothing. I repeat, it is bog standard.

It doesn't matter if it's run from anywhere in any partition or any folder
anywhere on W98SE and it always gives the same information, whether
run from Windows or rebooted to a DOS prompt.

Either you have done something unique - or just funin' a spoof g
..please do tell.

I would NEVER do that. I pasted the EXACT result from CHKDSK.

Please don't EVER imply that again.

"glee" wrote in message
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Certainly not doing what you report, he

When I get the chance, I'll replace the current CHKDSK
using the version on the WIN98SE CD
to see if that makes a difference.

I will remind you, though, that I am not the only one
who reported that CHKDSK listed Number of files.

Nor would I expect to be. Whatever I have,
there must be tens of thousands, if not millions,
of people with the same DOS files on their PC.

I don't know what else to say.

[I had no idea I would open a can of worms].

Just in case anyone has come late to this thread, has sampled
the later responses, and has concluded that getting the
information is really difficult, involving careful use of
CHKDSK under the right conditions, someone (me) should point
out that way, way back, someone else (whose name escapes me)
gave a simple solution: open My Computer, open C:, select
all, right click _anything_, click properties and watch the
information develop.

That was Glee way back then, before Candlin started making us all go
batty JUST for more company in his "institution"...


Note he also said to be sure to...
"START, Settings, Folder Options, View tab"
Bolt "Show all files" & UNcheck "Hide file extensions..."


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Anthony Buckland" wrote in message
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| Just in case anyone has come late to this thread, has sampled
| the later responses, and has concluded that getting the
| information is really difficult, involving careful use of
| CHKDSK under the right conditions, someone (me) should point
| out that way, way back, someone else (whose name escapes me)
| gave a simple solution: open My Computer, open C:, select
| all, right click _anything_, click properties and watch the
| information develop.
|

"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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"glee" wrote in message
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Certainly not doing what you report, he

When I get the chance, I'll replace the current CHKDSK
using the version on the WIN98SE CD
to see if that makes a difference.

I will remind you, though, that I am not the only one
who reported that CHKDSK listed Number of files.

Nor would I expect to be. Whatever I have,
there must be tens of thousands, if not millions,
of people with the same DOS files on their PC.

I don't know what else to say.

[I had no idea I would open a can of worms].

Well, a can of worms can be interesting, Hugh. ;-) Enquiring minds want to know,
and all that.... I am really curious what is causing the difference in our
read-outs, as we are apparently using the same version of the chkdsk file, and are
apparently running the same command in a DOS window. It certainly is strange. I am
going to ask around and see if anyone else I know is getting the output I am, or the
output you are. I will also play with some different versions of chkdsk and see
what happens. Something odd going on and I can't figure what or where. scratches
head
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm