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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
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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