I have a new HP computer with Windows ME in the recovery disk. I keep receiving errors when I run Scan Disk that says: "...folder contains incorrect information about 'index.dat'. This file or folder's last-modified date or time is invalid or is in the future. This may be because your computer's clock is set incorrectly. ScanDisk repairs future dates by changing them to your computer's current date setting. ScanDisk repairs out-of-range dates or times by changing them to the nearest setting within the valid range." My clock seems fine. I receive this error about twenty times a day concerning cookies, ICQ, Windows Update, my mail program, etc. I've called HP. They did an FDISK but hasn't helped. Does anybody have a clue?

If you're running windows ME you cannot delete index.dat files. However, if you use your emergency boot disk you can delete them. These files keep getting bigger and bigger. I delete them on a regular basis; when Windows needs them, it rebuilds them at an initial size of 16kb. I'be seen some almost 20 times as big. I know you didn't ask about deleting index.dat files, but my guess is that there is no way you or ScanDisk or any program is going to change the date or anything else about index.dat from within Windows, so the problem appears to be recurring, when it really the same problem being reported over and over. Since you have the same problem with other files, this may not help, but then you have absolutely nothing to lose by deleting these files. What is the date on these files anyway? (There are several: in recent; in history; in cookies; in temporary internet files; (among others.) Let us know what works!

I don't know the date of the files. Since an FDISK was done on my computer, could it be that the disks that HP provided with Windows ME in them are faulty?