CCCCCCCC.CCC File 1

[Guest_imported]

I've got problems with the Dir00001/CCCCCCCC.CCC file. Scandisk says its being reported as the wrong size, but can't fix it, although it tries. My poor machine has trouble booting into windows. Can't get to the file via DOS. Anyone know any fix?

Thanks

 

[Alt255]

It sounds like you experienced corruption of the hard drive's FAT (File Allocation Table) and Scandisk tried to repair it, hence the Dir00001 entry. There is a chance that Dir00001 contains some usable data but there is a greater chance that it only contains garbage that a Texas Mom would never be able to use.

It doesn't sound like your disk has irreplaceable data. If it does, contact a company that specializes in recovering lost data (it could cost from $500 to $50,000 to recover it). If it doesn't, boot from your Win95 or Win98 boot floppy and run scandisk from there. When scandisk finds problems and asks if it should delete them or convert them to files, choose "delete".

When Scandisk is finished (reporting no more errors), boot to your Windows CD and reinstall Windows.

If Windows refuses to install or scandisk reports more errors, consider having a qualified technician copy your existing data to a new hard drive and set you up again. (This could cost $100 to $300 for the hardware and whatever the Tech decides to charge you for the labor.)

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[TexasMom]

Thanks. Since I'm the IT around here, I'll back up the entire disk to our server, and try the scandisk fix from the CD. I always wondered about that Dir directory. Haven't seen it elsewhere, but when it comes to windows, I am guessing most of the time. I'm a Mac Addict (3 at home and one on the road). But work is all PCs. By the by, is the Dir folder an offshoot of the conversion of lost chains?