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recovering orphaned file on chkdsk
My computer has been slowing down a lot. I did a re-start and got a blue screen. The only option I could figure out was to push the power button on the tower. It turned off and I waited a minute and pushed it again, hit f8 and got it into safe mode. Did a chkdsk and scheduled a chkdsk/f for the next re-start. I re-started, the chkdsk/f started and
in part 2, I saw "recovering orphaned file ntuser.tmp 22258 into directory file 98980".
The computer then worked for another week or so but was still somewhat slower than I am used to. I got the blue screen again and had to perform the same operation and
received the same "recovering orphaned.........." as before. I don't know how to proceed or what I am doing wrong. Please help.
Thanks
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Try a CHKDSK /R from safe mode. This will run a block check and move recoverable data to a safe place on the hard drive, and mark unsafe areas as "bad" so the OS doesn't try to use them again. |
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Solved!
Thanks for the info- the computer seems to be fine now. |
