FAT32 formatted drive?
chk files and the Found folders
On Fat formatted volumes.
Chkdsk saves each repaired file in the root folder as a File<nnnn>.chk
file,
and each repaired folder in the root folder as a Found.<nnn> folder, where
<n> is a number.
Recovering Lost Clusters on FAT Volumes
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_kbnn.asp
Link is no good anymore!!!
[[Because some repairs on FAT volumes, such as correcting lost clusters
(also known as allocation units) or cross-linked files, change the
volume's
file allocation table and can cause data loss, Chkdsk first prompts you
with
a confirmation message similar to the following:
10 lost allocation units found in 3 chains.
Convert lost chains to files? (Y/N)
If you press the N key, Windows XP Professional fixes the errors on the
volume but does not save the contents of the lost clusters.
If you press the Y key, Windows XP Professional attempts to identify the
folder to which they belong. If the folder is identified, the lost cluster
chains are saved as files.
If Windows XP Professional cannot identify the folder or if the folder
does
not exist, it saves each chain of lost clusters in a folder called
Found.xxx, where xxx is a sequential number starting with 000. If no
folder
Found.000 exists, one is created at the root. If one or more sequential
folders called Found.xxx (starting at 000) exist, a folder that uses the
next number in the sequence is created.
Windows XP Professional creates Found.xxx folders as hidden system
folders.
To see a list of Found.xxx folders, at the root folder in the command
prompt, type dir /a. For information about viewing hidden system folders
in
My Computer or Windows Explorer, see Windows XP Professional Help.
After the storage folder has been identified or created, one or more files
with a name in the format Filennnn.chk are saved. (The first saved file is
named File0000.chk, the second is named File0001.chk, and so on in
sequence.) When Chkdsk finishes, you can examine the contents of these
files
with a text editor such as Notepad to see whether they contain any needed
data (if the converted chains came from corrupted binary files, they are
of
no value). You can delete the .chk files after you save any useful data.
Caution
Because other programs might create and use files with the .chk extension,
you must be careful to delete only the .chk files that are in the
Found.xxx
folders.]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Jim Cladingboel said:
Yesterday, I used this command to try to rectify problems with my USB
devices. On completion, I discovered that the contents of C Drive had
ballooned from 4.4 to 9.3 GB leaving me perilously short of drive space.
I cannot find where these extra files (?) have come from. I have deleted
all Temp and Temp Internet files but this has made no difference, nor
does
Disk Cleanup. Whatever is taking up extra space in C seems to be hidden,
despite my having access to all hidden files
System Restore seems overcome by this and can't help me. My RemoveR
program is overloaded by 9.3 GB therefore cannot show me what has been
put into C. I would appreciate advice on how to rectify this situation.
Jim.
