Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:23:29 +0200 | From | DervishD <> | Subject | Re: Wrong free clusters count on FAT32 |
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Hi Boaz :)
* Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> dixit: > > Apart from not using the device itself to delete files (and probably > > not using Windows for that, either) and to run fsck.vfat now and > > then, is anything I can do to avoid this problem? > > > Not that I know how to fix it. But have you tried running chkdsk on a > device deleted files in windows. Just that I know, that windows would > silently ignore fat errors and will only report them in chkdsk.
I've done that and the problem is not fixed. I have to use fsck.vfat instead.
> Deleting files in windows works fine. There is no problems with it and > windows updates everything. I do that all the time.
True, I've tested it, too. I'm going to report the problem to the device manufacturer (it's a Cowon iAUDIO), but probably doing it in the device will be very slow :(
> (I would even theorize that if you delete files on the device and than > farther delete more files on windows, than windows will fix the > problem on the fly)
Probably, and it may be a good fix, but I seldom plug the device on Windows.
Thanks for the answer :)
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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