My XP always lags.
When I done a chkdsk /f /r, a message showed that
"the disk does not have enough space to replace bad clusters detected in
file 150774 of name \PROGRA~1\..[path]...bmp."
What does it mean?
Spinrite from Gibson Research does have the ability to repair bad
sectors and/or recover the data content from them. I have used it
successfully a number of times over the years.
However with this particular error message I suspect that your drive
is about to die and that you need to take immediate steps to replace
it. Also the price of Spinrite is close to the price of a new hard
drive.
You might try downloading the diagnostic utility for your drive from
the manufacturer's web site and running it to see what it says about
the drive. I suspect that it will also confirm the imminent total
failure.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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