Vista - Hard Drive full

04-09-2008

My hard drive mysteriously became full. I had not downloaded anything new. I
am running chk disk & recovery orphaned files has been scrolling for well
over an hour. I have been told that I should not interrupt this scan because
I could do more damage. Does this sound right to be on the orphaned files for
this length of time? Can I leave it running & go to bed? Any suggestions will
be greatly appreciated!

04-10-2008

Leave it alone unless you want to risk damage to the contents of your hard
drive. That's still a possibility but if you shut the OC down in the middle
of the disk checking process it's a distinct likelihood.

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxx
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"mama04boys" <mama04boys@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> My hard drive mysteriously became full. I had not downloaded anything new.
> I
> am running chk disk & recovery orphaned files has been scrolling for well
> over an hour. I have been told that I should not interrupt this scan
> because
> I could do more damage. Does this sound right to be on the orphaned files
> for
> this length of time? Can I leave it running & go to bed? Any suggestions
> will
> be greatly appreciated!

04-09-2008	#1 (permalink)
mama04boys n/a posts	Hard Drive full My hard drive mysteriously became full. I had not downloaded anything new. I am running chk disk & recovery orphaned files has been scrolling for well over an hour. I have been told that I should not interrupt this scan because I could do more damage. Does this sound right to be on the orphaned files for this length of time? Can I leave it running & go to bed? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
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04-10-2008	#2 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper n/a posts	Re: Hard Drive full Leave it alone unless you want to risk damage to the contents of your hard drive. That's still a possibility but if you shut the OC down in the middle of the disk checking process it's a distinct likelihood. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxx * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "mama04boys" <mama04boys@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CEEE5A39-4A81-4C3F-8188-FF81C8E86EC8@xxxxxx Quote: > My hard drive mysteriously became full. I had not downloaded anything new. > I > am running chk disk & recovery orphaned files has been scrolling for well > over an hour. I have been told that I should not interrupt this scan > because > I could do more damage. Does this sound right to be on the orphaned files > for > this length of time? Can I leave it running & go to bed? Any suggestions > will > be greatly appreciated!
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