[email protected] wrote: > > ------------6C4D52F4FF1EB > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] @ 2005-Apr-8 1:25:15 AM > "The Bat crashed and now the folder with my mail folder is not accessable" = > <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Is there any way I can fix the problem and get back into my L: > > drive? > > > I vaguely remember that there is a DOS command(?) that would fix the > > boot sector -- something with a switch of MBR???? Would that help? > > For what you describe, it sounds like a hardware error. Try running > CHKDSK in the drive. > > Start/Run/"cmd"/OK > > Then type "CHKDSK L: /F /R" (without quotes) and hit enter.
So the above command will only work on drive L:. Am I correct is assuming that if the procedures described below doesn't cure the problem, it will not peripherally affect any other partitions on this physical drive? > If you get this message: > > Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. > > Chkdsk may run if this volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED > > HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID. Would you like to > > force a dismount on this volume? > > Say no. Then, to this message: > > Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. > > Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time > > the system restarts? > > Say yes. Restart your computer. > > If CHKDSK does not solve your problem, you may need to use a more > powerful utility, like Gibson Research Corporation's SpinRite. I have SpinRite 4.0. I haven't used it for a looooong time -- to refresh drives, not to recover data. SpinRite doesn't seem to be a utility to fix partitions. Would you know whether it might cause problems for other partitions? My primary concern is messing up any of the other partitions without fixing drive L:. And when SpinRite "recovers data", does it maintain the original directory structure? TIA > Good luck! > > --=20 > Chris > Quoting when replying to this message is good for your karma. > > Using The Bat! v3.0.1.33 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 > Accessing a POP3 mailbox. > > It's hard to write foolproof software because there are so many fools, > and they are very inventive. > > ------------6C4D52F4FF1EB > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > > -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- > Version: PGP SDK 3.2.2 > Comment: "PGP Key ID: 0x3359187D" > > iQA/AwUBQlYdk9prBaUzWRh9EQIpbACg/c9yVLeCRmg9rf90gPzYoj7432oAoJUt > j9ryYZYy/wilTVXkc+ofPmr5 > =k21N > -----END PGP MESSAGE----- > > ------------6C4D52F4FF1EB-- ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
