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OK to delete VIRTPART.DAT?
Name: Nathan Date: March 11, 2003 at 08:21:01 Pacific OS: Win2000 CPU/Ram: PIII 600Mhz/256Mb
Comment:
The file VIRTPART.DAT is in the root directory of my C:/ drive. It's 27Mb and I'd like to know if it's safe to delete it. If not, what purpose does this file serve? (Googling doesn't provide any info on it).
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 11, 2003 at 08:43:58 Pacific
Reply:
Are you using Ghost? This file is associated with that program. You can delete the file, but the next time (if there is a next time) you run Ghost, the file will be recreated.
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Response Number 2
Name: Nathan Date: March 11, 2003 at 08:51:01 Pacific
Reply:
Aha! I used Ghost briefly but no more. Problem solved.
Thanks for your help, Jennifer :)
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Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 11, 2003 at 11:03:05 Pacific
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