| From: | Bob Rickman |
| Date: | 27 Aug 2001 at 08:51:37 |
| Subject: | Re: PFS problems.. |
> Morning everyone :-) (depending where you are!)
>
> I'm having a slight niggle with PFS3 (v18.5).
>
> Recently one or two of my drives have been running sluggishly, so I
decided
> to try out the PFS-Defrag program on aminet to try and clear the problem
> up. I backed all my data up first of all just incase so I wouldnt loose
> anything. Part way through the _back-up_ process I get 'HD8: is a Non DOS
> disk,' with Retry or Abort buttons. If I retry the backup continues and
the
> backup is complete (same size).
>
> I also tried PFS-Defrag on it and it did exactly the same thing, where as
on
> another partiton it runs fine (my Games: one)
>
> Could it just be a simple case of a program running in the background
> attempting to write to the partition while its 'invalid'? It always tends
> to give the error about 5seconds into the backup or defrag operation.
>
> I also tried remaking the partition to no avail! :-/
>
> Any ideas?
This happens here when a programme like "Voice Clock" tries to access my
Work drive for sample files, whilst the drive is BUSY during defrag or
repair operations. Maybe something like that.
Hope this helps,
Bob Rickman
Devon UK
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