Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!ncrwic!mlawless From: mlawless@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM (Mike Lawless) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Unmovable Spaces under Norton Message-ID: <1385@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM> Date: 9 Aug 88 13:37:23 GMT References: <2306@phred.UUCP> Reply-To: mlawless@ncrwic.UUCP (Mike Lawless) Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, Kansas Lines: 14 In article <2306@phred.UUCP> daveh@phred.UUCP (Dave Hampton) writes: > > When using the Advanced Version 4.0 of the Norton Utilities, the map of >the hard disk shows available space, filled space, bad blocks, and something >designated "Unmovable Space", shown with an "X". What are these spaces? >The manual doesn't say. I'm not using copy protected software, so they >shouldn't be related to any hidden files or keys. I have noticed the same thing when using Norton "Speed Disk." I don't have any copy-protected software either, so I tried scanning all of my directories looking for hidden files. I didn't find any. Just a theory, but it could have something to do with a logical error in the FAT. Try running CHKDSK. (In my case, this did not turn up any problem, but you never know.) Mike Lawless