Re: [WinMac] WIN file locked/busy

Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Tue, 08 Sep 1998 11:59:24 -0700

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Often, rebooting will work. If it's a busy file, ie: something in
Windows is using it, reboot into DOS and delete it there as nothing
should be locking it in DOS mode.

On network volumes, you'll have to use console utilities (such as Novell
Filer, or explorer _on_ the NT console...I had to do that just last
week.)
  
> How effective is SCANDISK?

About as effective as Disk First Aid on the Mac side, that is: what it
does, it does very well.

>
> What can SCANDISK do to fix file locking problems?

Not a thing. It doesn't check anything like that.
  
> What techie things can you tell me about CHKDSK?

CHKDSK tells you info about that drive, space available, used, total,
allocation sizes, etc. but mostly it's been superceded by Scandisk.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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