windows xp grrr

[Darklotus]

1st where does windows xp save the chkdsk files? etc?
also i now offically HATE windows xp
i worked on a script for over 5hours then saved and shutdown when i turend comp back on chkdsk ran and said the files was truncated and its gone now
any ideas if this file can be recovred?
was a 40kb or bigger txt file

[NDC]

I've always been told it should be on the root of the drive that you run chkdsk on. However, I noticed that's not the case. It doesn't seem to show any report under Event Viewer either.

So I just chkdsk from the CMD prompt where I can see detailed info..

As for your truncated file, are you running FAT file system?

[Darklotus]

running fat 32 neva liked nfts
i always thought they did as well but none there but it said 2 files saved etc
im running xp and it scanned on start up it wanted to run for ages but im always busy but i wasnt then so i let it wish i hadent
any way of recovering?

[billniceguy]

i hate xp also...junk it and run 98se..xp ok for end user, but not tech friendly. i dont think xp has chkdsk like 98

[MrPurple]

For start you should run NTFS over Fat 32.
Windows XP was meant to run on NTFS not Fat 32. Fat 32 is there only for extened compatability. So things like chkdisk which are meant for Fat 32 OSes will not run that well on XP, infact I try to never run it.

As to your file problem sorry but I can't help you.

[DanGrease]

Windows XP takes a while to get used to but I really like it and I think its not bad at all. Its stability is much better than Windows 9x series and it does work great on powerful machine. If your machine can't handle it you might get a look at Windows 2000 which is also great because of its stability. Windows 98 can be an option but remember it can by time give you more problems than XP since its old and not stable. I would say it depends on the system you are using.

dan

[meese]

First of all if a file is that important to you and its only 40K copy it to a floppy for a backup or something. Second don't blame XP for running chkdsk, it does this when your hard disk has problems. Third: NTFS is much better at repairing itself when problems like this occur. An Fourth: If you think XP is "junk" and win98 is the answer I think your nuts.

[Darklotus]

1st i neva said i liked win9X ive had sum great issuses wit hem as well lol
and yea i know they r even worse i was just pissed off about losing ONE file and it being the file i needed
as im sure u all know 40kb of plain txt is a lot of txt to have typed out especialy when your not a fast typer like me

[NDC]

running fat 32 neva liked nfts

Funny how I guessed the file system you are running, huh?



chkdsk was not intended for FAT or NTFS. However, you will notice that you get more detailed info when running chkdsk under NTFS... Try it..

As far as fault tolerance goes, NTFS is faaaar better. Never have I had file corruption or crosslinked files with NTFS due to it MFT. Of course FAT also has a similar feature, but as you can see, it's not as superior as NTFS's MFT.

And Windows XP was not meant to be run on NTFS. That is just an option you have. As you may know, even NT3.x and 4 had the option to run FAT or NTFS....

[DanGrease]

So True
I installed Windows XP one time with Fat32 and by the instance I booted the thing it started giving these freaky errors almost BSOD's. Windows XP is not intended to run in Fat32 since it was designed for NTFS. I dont even understand why Microsoft decided to have that choice in Windows XP of the file system. As far as liking more Fat32 file system than NTFS then if you think like this I would agree with meese and think youre nuts. I would even prefer using Linux instead of the 9x series because the stability in that serie is so bad I would be scared to use it daily.

dan