three new folders appeared on C drive

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I discover that three new folders have appeared on my C drive. I think they

appeared after the power went out here. They are:

Found.000

Found.001

Found.002



There are a number of FILE....CHK files in them. I assume they're do to the

pc recovery check after the power went out. Do I need to keep these

folders/files?



Jack
 
Jack B wrote:

> I discover that three new folders have appeared on my C drive. I

> think they appeared after the power went out here. They are:

> Found.000

> Found.001

> Found.002

>

> There are a number of FILE....CHK files in them. I assume they're do

> to the pc recovery check after the power went out. Do I need to keep

> these folders/files?

>



Not if you don't want the data contained in them. They are reconstructions

of damaged files gathered during a checkdisk operation where the complete

file could not be reconstructed.
 
These folders are created automatically when we run the chkdsk scan or

possibly another disk checking utility. When errors are found such as lost

clusters on your drive, Windows will fix the errors but depending on whether

or not you have chosen to convert lost clusters or chains to file, windows

will create these folders sequentially starting with .000. So you may have

several of them.



The folders contain files with names File0000.chk, File 0001.chk and so on.

These file are created to save any lost data during the chkdsk fix.



But usually these files are of no use and you can delete them at your will.



"Jack B" wrote in message

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:I discover that three new folders have appeared on my C drive. I think

they

: appeared after the power went out here. They are:

: Found.000

: Found.001

: Found.002

:

: There are a number of FILE....CHK files in them. I assume they're do to

the

: pc recovery check after the power went out. Do I need to keep these

: folders/files?

:

: Jack

:

:
 
On 24 Mar 2010, "Jack B" wrote in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:



> I discover that three new folders have appeared on my C drive. I

> think they appeared after the power went out here. They are:

> Found.000

> Found.001

> Found.002

>

> There are a number of FILE....CHK files in them. I assume they're

> do to the pc recovery check after the power went out. Do I need

> to keep these folders/files?



You computer must have crashed while in the middle of writing files to

the disk. Windows sensed that the process had not completed

successfully and ran the disk check utility CHKDSK at the next bootup,

and it found possibly corrupt files.



The CHK files are files or file fragments that were not properly

cataloged in the file system. There is no way to easily tell if they

are necessary or not except to examine them with a binary file viewer.

You might find that they are some of your data files, and if you rename

them with the correct extension, they will be usable again. The files

are sometimes corrupt and mashed-up with other unrelated files, and

therefore are not usable.



Usually, the fragments aren't needed. You might consider keeping them

for a while until you are sure the system is running properly and all

your data files are present and accounted for. Then you can delete the

Found folders and their contents.
 
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