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Name: Dan
Date: November 8, 2002 at 22:54:20 Pacific
OS: Win 98
CPU/Ram: Proteva
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Says: Scandisk detected an invalid long filename entry. Unable to fix. To fix run Scandisk but wont let me hit ok. Freezes up on the Scan Disk at 23 % ...I also tried to use safe mode but it wont let me change from normal to safe.



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Name: w
Date: November 8, 2002 at 23:08:12 Pacific
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use a win98 startup disk, bootup with it in a: drive and at the a:prompt type scandisk c:
and press enter.
if you need a startup disk get a self extracting image at http://www.bootdisk.com


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