May 6th 04, 01:22 AM
I tried setup /is, looked like it would work, then this
message popped up:
"There is a crosslinked file on drive c, Run
scandisk /all from setup disk 1 or win98 compact disk to
fix the problem. Setup cannot continue."
I tried running scandisk but it wants to fix a problem
with every file in every directory, which would take
several days of pushing reture key and still no guarantee
it would work cause it's already been done once. Any
other ideas on how to get windows loaded?
Thank again, Tim
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Tim" > wrote in
message
...
>> Laptop stopped booting to Windows98. It stopped booting
>> with a C: prompt and 0 (zero) directories were shown
when
>> typing the dos dir command.
>>
>> Booted to A drive with a start-up disk. Ran scandisk.
>> Scandisk reported a problem with each directory it
found,
>> supposedly fixed the problem by creating 2860 numbered
>> directories (Dir00001, Dir00002 ect ect).
>>
>> I can view each of the directories using dos commands.
>> It looks like I could run fdisk and just start over by
>> loading Windows ect, but I'd like to recover several
>> dozen files first, mostly .doc or .txt files. But using
>> dos commands to sort through 2860 directories could
take
>> years. So I thought I'd load windows98 first, search
for
>> my files, then do fdisk and and load windows again to a
>> fresh disk.
>>
>> The problem is that when I try to load windows98, it
runs
>> scandisk first. And scandisk sees those 2860
directories
>> all as problem directories and wants to fix each of
them
>> all over again. I tried to allow that on the first two
>> directories but then scandisk reports that the data in
>> the directory is now unrecoverable (although I can view
>> the directory and all files in it using the dos dir and
>> edit commands.)
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a way for me to either get windows98
>> loaded or another way to search the 2860 numbered
>> directories for some important files before I re-format
>> the C?
>>
>
>
>if you want to recover any of your data...do *not* run
fdisk
>and do *not* format your drive.
>
>
>try reinstalling windows
>
>but instead of merely typing "setup" from dos
>
>use the context setup /is
>
>and it should skip running scan disk
>
>now you can sort through the data
>
>you can read the .chk files by renaming them to end
with .txt
>
>
>
>
>.
>
message popped up:
"There is a crosslinked file on drive c, Run
scandisk /all from setup disk 1 or win98 compact disk to
fix the problem. Setup cannot continue."
I tried running scandisk but it wants to fix a problem
with every file in every directory, which would take
several days of pushing reture key and still no guarantee
it would work cause it's already been done once. Any
other ideas on how to get windows loaded?
Thank again, Tim
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Tim" > wrote in
message
...
>> Laptop stopped booting to Windows98. It stopped booting
>> with a C: prompt and 0 (zero) directories were shown
when
>> typing the dos dir command.
>>
>> Booted to A drive with a start-up disk. Ran scandisk.
>> Scandisk reported a problem with each directory it
found,
>> supposedly fixed the problem by creating 2860 numbered
>> directories (Dir00001, Dir00002 ect ect).
>>
>> I can view each of the directories using dos commands.
>> It looks like I could run fdisk and just start over by
>> loading Windows ect, but I'd like to recover several
>> dozen files first, mostly .doc or .txt files. But using
>> dos commands to sort through 2860 directories could
take
>> years. So I thought I'd load windows98 first, search
for
>> my files, then do fdisk and and load windows again to a
>> fresh disk.
>>
>> The problem is that when I try to load windows98, it
runs
>> scandisk first. And scandisk sees those 2860
directories
>> all as problem directories and wants to fix each of
them
>> all over again. I tried to allow that on the first two
>> directories but then scandisk reports that the data in
>> the directory is now unrecoverable (although I can view
>> the directory and all files in it using the dos dir and
>> edit commands.)
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a way for me to either get windows98
>> loaded or another way to search the 2860 numbered
>> directories for some important files before I re-format
>> the C?
>>
>
>
>if you want to recover any of your data...do *not* run
fdisk
>and do *not* format your drive.
>
>
>try reinstalling windows
>
>but instead of merely typing "setup" from dos
>
>use the context setup /is
>
>and it should skip running scan disk
>
>now you can sort through the data
>
>you can read the .chk files by renaming them to end
with .txt
>
>
>
>
>.
>