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   Message 1,267 of 3,371   
   Allan to All   
   Re: formatting to FAT32   
   26 Mar 11 15:53:57   
   
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   p.os.os2.misc:3012 comp.os.os2.beta:44   
   From: "Allan"    
      
   On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:56:27 UTC, "Andy"  wrote:    
      
   > On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:13:35 UTC, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard    
   >  wrote:   
   > > > The current FAT32 check often leads to a msg like: Please run u$    
   > > > Scandisk to fix your partition :-/   
   > > >   
      
   > > Not knowing what error causes that, or even what the real message is    
   > > (which what you write clearly is not), I cannot address specifics.     
   > That really is very close to the message that you will get if you do a   
   > chkdsk /f on a fat32 volume under OS/2 (at least if there is anything    
   > non-trivial that chkdsk needs to do).  It basically just says it sees    
   > something it doesn't know how to handle and to  run scandisk under    
   > windows.  When I then run a chkdsk under windows it doesn't generally    
   > even seem to do much but then when reconnected to OS/2 and a chkdsk is   
   > run it will run clean.   
      
   I see exactly same behaviour.   
      
   --    
     Allan.   
      
   It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,   
   than to open it, and remove all doubt.   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
    * Origin: Datemas.de http://www.news.datemas.de (1:261/20.999)   

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