The first sentence should read, "Right. If you run chkdsk from Start>Run,
type 'command' to open the command window."
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"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Right. If run from Start>Run and type command. At the prompt the command
> is 'chkdsk /f' to both check and repair. Without the /f one only gets the
> chkdsk report but no corrective actions take place. It results in the
> same thing that you describe.
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> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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> "renoch" <> wrote in message
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>> Yep, that is why I am a non-expert (and getting too old at that)....LOL
>>
>> To test drive:
>> My computer, rt click on drive, select properties, tools, error checking,
>> then click button "check now"
>> (or can probably be run from the "Run" command, but I usually don't)
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Roy
>>
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:OcdZ7q5$...
>>>A minor matter, but in #2. read 'chkdsk' rather than 'scandisk' (a
>>>Win9x/ME) program.
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>>> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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>>> "renoch" <> wrote in message
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>>>> What you are describing sounds more like a hardware issue rather than a
>>>> X64 issue.
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions from a non-expert:
>>>> 1. Turn off any overclocking of your system bus or RAM memory
>>>> 2. Run Scandisk on your hard drives
>>>> 3. Run Memtest86 on your RAM memory
>>>> 4. Check the temperature of your system (your bios probably has
>>>> provisions to do this), this actually sounds like a system overheating
>>>> issue... verify all your case fans are functioning.
>>>> 5. This could also be from an inadequate (underpowdered) power supply.
>>>> Check your bus voltages, if you can, in your bios or with a voltmeter.
>>>>
>>>> good luck,
>>>>
>>>> Roy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Paul Ferrill" <> wrote in message
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>>>>> Anyone else have the problem of corrupt files in XP64?
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't seem to get a good download off the MSDN subscriptions site to
>>>>> save my life. And today I copied a Ghost image file of another machine
>>>>> and when I copied it to a USB drive for restore Ghost says its
>>>>> corrupted.
>>>>>
>>>>> Help...
>>>>>
>>>>
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