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Number   :  3978
Date     :  2003-03-06
Author   :  CBFalconer
Subject  :  Re: crosslinking
Size(KB) :  1


meirman@e... wrote:
> At 04:03 PM 3/5/03 -0500, CBFalconer wrote:
> >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.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions.
> 
> >I'll take it back, in part. Power failures at critical times
> >could cause such cross-links. Once. Fairly unlikely.
> 
> If power failures can, then crashes can, no? They always seemed
> to come at critical times.

Not really. A power failure can occur while in the midst of
writing the FAT table. A crash will occur outside that sort of
critical area. Unless the system code is seriously corrupted, in
which case you violently need the reinstallation.

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