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Number   :  3948
Date     :  2003-03-05
Author   :  CBFalconer
Subject  :  Re: crosslinking
Size(KB) :  1


xxcopy_user wrote:
> --- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, meirman@e... wrote:
> 
> > >Now, whenever I do scandisk and am asked whether to:
> > >correct, delete, or rename a crosslinked directory,
> > >I'll choose "correct". And whenever asked concerning
> > >a bloated or fictitious file, I'll choose "delete".
> 
> I may try and answer with 'delete' the next time this should ever
> happen hoping that the computer will have better luck than I.

You should never have crosslinked files or directories. If you
do, they are signs of serious hardware faults and many munged
files. My guess would be memory, if you don't have ECC memory
installed and enabled. All your backups are probably junk. 
Things will just get worse.

Find and fix the problem(s), and reinstall everything from
original media on freshly partitioned and formatted HDs. Run the
time consuming media tests on the HDs.

I'll take it back, in part. Power failures at critical times
could cause such cross-links. Once. Fairly unlikely.

-- 
Chuck F (cbfalconer@y...) (cbfalconer@w...)
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