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I have noticed that I have some folders on my C dirve that includes some
folders such as FOUND.00, FOUND.001, FOUND.002 and so on. I noticed one of
the folder is over 2 GB. What are these folders? Are they system files? Can I
delet them?

many thanks.
 
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These are created by the disk-checking utility (chkdsk) and can normally be
deleted, as the info is likely either junk or cannot be restored to useable
form anyways. See
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/6693f1c2c9a5f82a/9fbf7acf44da2ba1?lnk=st&q=chkdsk+found.001&rnum=1&hl=en#9fbf7acf44da2ba1
for more info.

"mturus" <mturus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have noticed that I have some folders on my C dirve that includes some
> folders such as FOUND.00, FOUND.001, FOUND.002 and so on. I noticed one
> of
> the folder is over 2 GB. What are these folders? Are they system files?
> Can I
> delet them?
>
> many thanks.
 
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Hi

They are folders created by chkdsk and can be deleted. You won't be able to
get any meaningful data out of them.

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups


"mturus" <mturus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E34B8E30-923E-415B-AC83-8D24EC7FD137@microsoft.com...
>I have noticed that I have some folders on my C dirve that includes some
> folders such as FOUND.00, FOUND.001, FOUND.002 and so on. I noticed one
> of
> the folder is over 2 GB. What are these folders? Are they system files?
> Can I
> delet them?
>
> many thanks.
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

You can delete these folders as they are simply put there when chkdsk checks
your hard drive.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org


"mturus" <mturus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E34B8E30-923E-415B-AC83-8D24EC7FD137@microsoft.com...
>I have noticed that I have some folders on my C dirve that includes some
> folders such as FOUND.00, FOUND.001, FOUND.002 and so on. I noticed one
> of
> the folder is over 2 GB. What are these folders? Are they system files?
> Can I
> delet them?
>
> many thanks.