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Thread ID: 43322	2004-03-10 22:21:00	FAT/FAT 32 mixup = HELP!	Codex (3761)	Press F1

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221631	2004-03-10 22:21:00	I recently used nortons un-erase wizard to recover a file i needed but now i can't delete it in windows me, so i tried to delete through DOS but it said that there was a problem with my file system and that it needed to be re-partitioned, can someone please tell me what to do?	Codex (3761)
221632	2004-03-10 23:38:00	Thats wierd. Startup in safe mode and run scandisk. Then see if you can delete the file. You are deleting the right file? not a system one.	Pheonix (280)
221633	2004-03-11 05:06:00	i looked at the error again and t said was that the FAT FAT32 was an invlaid partition(which means?) it told me to re-partition my drive, what utility should i use?	Codex (3761)
221634	2004-03-11 06:23:00	At what stage do you get this message? And can you get as far as getting into safe mode? Would try using a win98 bootdisk (can be got from www.bootdisk.com) and booting up with it. When you get to the a: prompt, enter in fdisk /mbr Then restart PC.	Pheonix (280)
221635	2004-03-11 09:18:00	i get the message when i try to get rid of the file in dos, safe mode is a struggle to start in. what will fdisk /mbr do, i don't want to lose very very important data	Codex (3761)
221636	2004-03-11 10:01:00	MBR= Master Boot Record No you won't lose anything. In fact, it will go away and do it's thing in a few seconds, and appear to you as if nothing happened. It will replace the operating MBR with a previous one. What the hell is the file you need to get rid of? Right click and under properties, see if it has read-only ? Best to try deleting in safe mode if possible.	Pheonix (280)
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