RE: [Thinkpad] W2K SCANDISK FUNCTIONALITY

You might not want to delete those files. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290402

Mike

At 09:52 AM 12/18/2004 +0700, Jeffrey Race wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:18:02 -0800, Michael Geary wrote:
>
> >
> >Normally, CHKDSK.EXE resides in the System32 directory (typically
> >C:\WinNT\system32), which should always be in your path.
> >
> >Where did you find CHKDSK.EXE, and what does the output of a PATH command
> >show?
>
>
>OK the mystery is solved.
>
>There is also DOS CHKDSK.EXE on this drive. To prevent ever running it,
>I created a file CHKDSK.BAT
>
> @ECHO Cannot run DOS CHKDSK on Drive C. The DOS
> @echo executable has been renamed CHKDSK_.COM
>
>I put C:\BAT in the path first so that's what it hit before \SYSTEM32,
>
>On a related subject, I see CHKDSK.EXE I subdirectory
>
> C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
>
>What are these subdirectories and can I eliminate them? I assume they
>are remnants of some
>patches. How can I identify them all? I might get back a lot of space
>
>Jeffrey Race
>
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