BG> Not at all.  In fact, it's actually considerably more robust than FAT in 
BG> many circumstances.  Ever run CHKDSK /F:3 on your HPFS drives?  It's 
BG> absolutely fucking amazing what level 3 can recover.

I did after David suggested /F:2, which did nothing, and then
I read the help, and it mentioned 3.  It also did nothing.  I
am running another one now, just for the hell of it.  If I
don't reedit this message, it's because it also did nothing.

PE> It's not like CHKDSK spent 3 hours recovering the drive, it basically
PE> did fuck all.  Is there specs around for HPFS?

BG> The IBM Redbooks would be the logical choice here.

Thanks.  BFN.  Paul.

P.S. Yeah, well 1 hour later and it's still running, and using
enormous resources on my computer.  I am running under HPFS386
at the moment.  I should have thought of that before typing
the command.  I shudder to think what is happening as we speak.
I think I'll go to sleep and forget about it.  I've been awake
for >24 hours at the moment.
@EOT:

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