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Thread ID: 51321	2004-11-17 21:22:00	lost file fragments	mark c (247)	Press F1

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293344	2004-11-17 21:22:00	In Win 98se in ScanDisk under the advanced tab on this comp the "lost file fragments" box has two options, one for "free' and one for "convert to files'. AFAIK these are all 'orphaned ' files, bits left over, unassociated, and best to get rid of them OK? On this comp the 'convert to files' is checked is ticked which I guess is the default coz I doubt the user has ever changed this setting if even been anywhere near it. So.......would changing the setting to 'free' delete these fragments and free up a bit (not much) HDD space? Can't find anything about it in help. Thanks very much if someone could clarify this. :)	mark c (247)
293345	2004-11-18 00:24:00	scandisk can have the lost file fragments to be converted to files in case the user has documents or data that needs to be recovered after a system crash. if the user has no data that needs recovering then the lost file fragments setting can be changed to free.	viper (6375)
293346	2004-11-18 01:45:00	The "recovered" fragments are called "FILExxx.CHK" (the xxx being sequence numbers), and in W98 are almost certainly in the root directory "C:\". I have noticed that in W2000 a new directory (I seem to remember "RECOVER.000", but I've only seen it once ... ;-)) is created to hold them. You can look at the files using Notepad (or Wordpad if huge). Mostly they are "useless".	Graham L (2)
293347	2004-11-18 01:47:00	PS... Yes, usually delete them. I'd leave the default ... you might one day save a lot of typing if there's a text file among them. Treat it like the "emergency Recycle Bin".	Graham L (2)
293348	2004-11-18 02:14:00	Thanks very much viper and Graham L. I think I'll leave this on default and just check it out every so often, it's not a problem as the size is negligible. Thanks for your help and the informativbe replies. Another little digital mystery sorted. :D	mark c (247)
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