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Fat entry error
Name: Greg Date: July 24, 2001 at 07:39:28 Pacific
Comment:
I ran scan disk in dos mode and it said that I have a fat entry error at module/cluster(?) 499712. It can't continue past this point. Is there any way that I can fix this? What should I do? G (-:
Name: Eric Date: July 24, 2001 at 08:59:35 Pacific
Reply:
Get a utility like Norton Disk Doctor (Norton Utilities) or Fix-IT. Hopefully they will be able to repair your drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: Greg Date: July 24, 2001 at 09:54:56 Pacific
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how do i do that? i can't get to my hard drive...windows me won't load and i can't get safe mode either...only thing i can do is boot disk but there are no files on drive c. what do i do now? is there a way to fix the error with just boot disk capability? G (-:
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Response Number 3
Name: Karel Date: July 24, 2001 at 11:56:39 Pacific
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Is it actually possible to get to run scandisk without getting to the C: prompt?
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Response Number 4
Name: guru Date: July 24, 2001 at 14:22:20 Pacific
Reply:
use fdisk to remove partitions and then re build them. when fdisk asks do you want large disk access say yes.
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