disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this mean and how
do i 'clean' it.
computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for beginners,
your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not total morons just
because we are not as knowledgable in this field as some. save your
patronising smart cracks for a forum that appreciates it.
many thanks.
--
seanpaul99

One entry found for anorak.


Main Entry: an·o·rak
Pronunciation: 'a-n&-"rak
Function: noun
Etymology: Danish, from Inuit (Greenland) annoraaq
: a usually pullover hooded jacket long enough to cover the hips

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"seanpaul99" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BDF83595-FB8F-40A2-9CA7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this mean and
> how
> do i 'clean' it.
> computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for beginners,
> your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not total morons just
> because we are not as knowledgable in this field as some. save your
> patronising smart cracks for a forum that appreciates it.
> many thanks.
> --
> seanpaul99

In news:BDF83595-FB8F-40A2-9CA7-(E-Mail Removed),
seanpaul99 <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this mean
> and how do i 'clean' it.
> computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for
> beginners, your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not
> total morons just because we are not as knowledgable in this field as
> some. save your patronising smart cracks for a forum that appreciates
> it.
> many thanks.

Start > run > type "cmd" (without the quotes) > press enter > type "chkdsk
/f /r" (without the quotes) > press enter > at the prompt go ahead and tell
it to schedule it for your next boot. Reboot. If it's not the C: drive then
you can type "chkdsk d: /f /r" if you wanted, where "d:" is substitute the
letter of the drive in question.

Galen
--

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward."

Sherlock Holmes

Hi Galen,

Just a bit of an FYI....

In XP's disk checker, a /r implies the /f, you only need the one. The /f
fixes errors on the drive, /r does that and tries to recover readable
information from bad sectors as well.

For seanpaul99,

If running chkdsk as Galen suggests does not clear the dirty bit (it should,
but sometimes does not), then open a cmd prompt again and run 'chkntfs /d'
to clear it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Galen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> In news:BDF83595-FB8F-40A2-9CA7-(E-Mail Removed),
> seanpaul99 <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this mean
>> and how do i 'clean' it.
>> computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for
>> beginners, your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not
>> total morons just because we are not as knowledgable in this field as
>> some. save your patronising smart cracks for a forum that appreciates
>> it.
>> many thanks.
>
> Start > run > type "cmd" (without the quotes) > press enter > type
> "chkdsk /f /r" (without the quotes) > press enter > at the prompt go ahead
> and tell it to schedule it for your next boot. Reboot. If it's not the C:
> drive then you can type "chkdsk d: /f /r" if you wanted, where "d:" is
> substitute the letter of the drive in question.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
> its solution is its own reward."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>

In news:%(E-Mail Removed),
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi Galen,
>
> Just a bit of an FYI....
>
> In XP's disk checker, a /r implies the /f, you only need the one. The
> /f fixes errors on the drive, /r does that and tries to recover
> readable information from bad sectors as well.
>
> For seanpaul99,
>
> If running chkdsk as Galen suggests does not clear the dirty bit (it
> should, but sometimes does not), then open a cmd prompt again and run
> 'chkntfs /d' to clear it.
>
>
> "Galen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In news:BDF83595-FB8F-40A2-9CA7-(E-Mail Removed),
>> seanpaul99 <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this
>>> mean and how do i 'clean' it.
>>> computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for
>>> beginners, your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not
>>> total morons just because we are not as knowledgable in this field
>>> as some. save your patronising smart cracks for a forum that
>>> appreciates it.
>>> many thanks.
>>
>> Start > run > type "cmd" (without the quotes) > press enter > type
>> "chkdsk /f /r" (without the quotes) > press enter > at the prompt go
>> ahead and tell it to schedule it for your next boot. Reboot. If it's
>> not the C: drive then you can type "chkdsk d: /f /r" if you wanted,
>> where "d:" is substitute the letter of the drive in question.
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
>> its solution is its own reward."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes

Aye, I know /f is implied with /r but have seen it fail on a number of
occassions. Adding the switch doesn't break anything -- that I have
noticed -- and is additional insurance. (Normally I mention that only the
one is required but that the second is more a just in case thing but didn't
bother this time.) Additionally, there's a number of people who post in here
on 2k3 (and some with 2k and even NT) and there's a number of references on
the Microsoft site for them being run in tandem for those OSes so I usually
just add it just in case. (Better to have them add the extra switch if need
be than to return and ask why it didn't work, well in my opinion at any
rate.)

However, I did not know of the /d switch for chkntfs so while the other was
for seanpaul99 don't mind if I retain it for further reference? <g>

Galen
--

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward."

Sherlock Holmes

Sean

If you go to a store for help, and the guy or gal behind the counter doesn't
smile and answers in dull monotone, how do you feel about that?.. there is
nothing wrong with a little humour now and again.. I would not think that
Essex is a place where people never smile..

You must also remember that, despite Richard's definition and etymology on
the word 'Anorak', this is not a term that one comes across in North
America, and could be taken as an insult here..


--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"seanpaul99" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BDF83595-FB8F-40A2-9CA7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this mean and
> how
> do i 'clean' it.
> computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for beginners,
> your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not total morons just
> because we are not as knowledgable in this field as some. save your
> patronising smart cracks for a forum that appreciates it.
> many thanks.
> --
> seanpaul99

I just posted the only definition I could find because I have No idea as to
what he means! Seems totally irrelevant to me. (-:

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sean
>
> If you go to a store for help, and the guy or gal behind the counter
> doesn't smile and answers in dull monotone, how do you feel about that?..
> there is nothing wrong with a little humour now and again.. I would not
> think that Essex is a place where people never smile..
>
> You must also remember that, despite Richard's definition and etymology on
> the word 'Anorak', this is not a term that one comes across in North
> America, and could be taken as an insult here..
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "seanpaul99" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BDF83595-FB8F-40A2-9CA7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this mean and
>> how
>> do i 'clean' it.
>> computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for beginners,
>> your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not total morons just
>> because we are not as knowledgable in this field as some. save your
>> patronising smart cracks for a forum that appreciates it.
>> many thanks.
>> --
>> seanpaul99
>
>

Richard

A computer anorak is UK speak for a geek or nerd..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Richard Urban [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just posted the only definition I could find because I have No idea as to
>what he means! Seems totally irrelevant to me. (-:
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Sean
>>
>> If you go to a store for help, and the guy or gal behind the counter
>> doesn't smile and answers in dull monotone, how do you feel about that?..
>> there is nothing wrong with a little humour now and again.. I would not
>> think that Essex is a place where people never smile..
>>
>> You must also remember that, despite Richard's definition and etymology
>> on the word 'Anorak', this is not a term that one comes across in North
>> America, and could be taken as an insult here..
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "seanpaul99" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:BDF83595-FB8F-40A2-9CA7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this mean
>>> and how
>>> do i 'clean' it.
>>> computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for beginners,
>>> your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not total morons just
>>> because we are not as knowledgable in this field as some. save your
>>> patronising smart cracks for a forum that appreciates it.
>>> many thanks.
>>> --
>>> seanpaul99
>>
>>
>
>

> However, I did not know of the /d switch for chkntfs so while the other
> was for seanpaul99 don't mind if I retain it for further reference? <g>

Don't mind at all, 'tis what sharing's all about <g>.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

<snip>

Interesting! Thank you.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Richard
>
> A computer anorak is UK speak for a geek or nerd..
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I just posted the only definition I could find because I have No idea as
>>to what he means! Seems totally irrelevant to me. (-:
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from: George Ankner
>> "If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>
>> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Sean
>>>
>>> If you go to a store for help, and the guy or gal behind the counter
>>> doesn't smile and answers in dull monotone, how do you feel about
>>> that?.. there is nothing wrong with a little humour now and again.. I
>>> would not think that Essex is a place where people never smile..
>>>
>>> You must also remember that, despite Richard's definition and etymology
>>> on the word 'Anorak', this is not a term that one comes across in North
>>> America, and could be taken as an insult here..
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Hall
>>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>>
>>> "seanpaul99" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:BDF83595-FB8F-40A2-9CA7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> disk file check has reported that "disk is dirty" what does this mean
>>>> and how
>>>> do i 'clean' it.
>>>> computer 'anoraks' please consider that this newsgroup is for
>>>> beginners,
>>>> your technical knowledge is appreciated but we are not total morons
>>>> just
>>>> because we are not as knowledgable in this field as some. save your
>>>> patronising smart cracks for a forum that appreciates it.
>>>> many thanks.
>>>> --
>>>> seanpaul99
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>