2.2 GBs is larger than my whole system, the whole works. I think first you
should update definitions & scan for virus. here is a way to do it from DOS.
.......Start........
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rule out the possibility of a virus. Boot a floppy or CD based antivirus
program. Many AV programs provide for one of these, if you don't have one or
never made one, try this one:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/downl...se/tools.shtml
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
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Thanks & Good Luck,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Dan" <djmmsmith@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:025b01c33f37$0313b440$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| I have come across a problem I have not encountered
| before. A customer had her computer lock up while working
| with a document. After not being able to do the ctrl-alt-
| del successfully she turned off the computer. When she
| rebooted the entire contents of the My Documents folder
| were gone. There was one oddly named file 2.2GB in size
| instead. (the file was called something like _a_fcg|._||
| but with some system codes).
|
| I am assuming that that particular file is actually her
| My Documents contents but I can't get access to it or
| recover it. Does anyone know of a way to unlock that file
| to restore it? I get a System Error 1026 whenever I try
| to delete it too.
|
