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giba_choo
August 12th, 2005, 08:29
I have been trying to discover why my hard disk has been so full lately. I finally worked out the problem. There is around 700mb of "File0006.chk, File000a.chk" etc. There are hundreds of these files, some being 2mb +.

The files are located directly in the root of my C:\. Is it safe to delete them?
giba_choo
August 12th, 2005, 08:49
Never mind. They are just scandisk error logs from when I simply switched off the computer (withour shutting down).
themoose
August 12th, 2005, 08:55
you should also get a free program like easycleaner, they delete unncessary files like the ones you just mentioned. There are a lot more than you think!
giba_choo
August 12th, 2005, 09:02
My laptop is beyond fixing :(
killaH
August 12th, 2005, 11:52
My laptop is beyond fixing :(

What seems to be the problem?
aggiedude
August 12th, 2005, 19:40
I know how you feel...I have a laptop beyond fixing but it has no floppy or CD so i have a reason. But surely u can fix it Computers can ALWAYS be fixed!
killaH
August 12th, 2005, 20:04
I know how you feel...I have a laptop beyond fixing but it has no floppy or CD so i have a reason. But surely u can fix it Computers can ALWAYS be fixed!

Not ALWAYS. Some day you will eventually sit there with an unusable tower, where the rest of the content is broken and not working.
tzyzhing
August 13th, 2005, 00:58
upgrade? i dont have a comp that is unusable. I've a 486 computer and a BEFORE 486 computer with 512KB ram and a black and white monitor. Lol, so theres a generation of computer at my house. Antique soon
giba_choo
August 13th, 2005, 06:35
Scan Disk finds an "invalid or long file name" after every scan. I don't know where the file is. I have been using Norton and Xoftspy regularly.