Re: [newbie] Windows 98 Defrag and Linux Partitions

[Romanator]

Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> 
> >NEVER, I Say NEVER, run Scandisk.
> >It makes more errors than i fixes.
> >If your PC is going slow, format the drive or delete the partition, and
> >install Linux again!!
> >
> >Microsoft Scandisk should NEVER have been invented..!
> 
> Ouch!  I wouldn't go that far.  Scandisk does work well, I have had it find
> and fix errors for me without a hitch.  I currently multi-boot linux, win98,
> win2000 pro and win 2000 server (server is for educational purpose) and
> there has been even more in the past.  I've had only one problem with an OS
> corrupting another's filesystem and that was a bug in the windows 2000 mbr
> recovery tool.  Scandisk shouldn't be any kind of problem as long as you're
> not trying to use it on your Linux partition (which I don't think is even
> possible?)
> 
> Mike

I second that. But, I've never heard of Scandisk checking a Linux
partition. DOS and Windows cannot see your Linux partition. I'd say this
is a hardware problem.

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Roman
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