My hard drive mysteriously became full. I had not downloaded anything new. I
am running chk disk & recovery orphaned files has been scrolling for well
over an hour. I have been told that I should not interrupt this scan because
I could do more damage. Does this sound right to be on the orphaned files for
this length of time? Can I leave it running & go to bed? Any suggestions will
be greatly appreciated!

Leave it alone unless you want to risk damage to the contents of your hard
drive. That's still a possibility but if you shut the OC down in the middle
of the disk checking process it's a distinct likelihood.

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"mama04boys" <mama04boys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEEE5A39-4A81-4C3F-8188-FF81C8E86EC8@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> My hard drive mysteriously became full. I had not downloaded anything new.
> I
> am running chk disk & recovery orphaned files has been scrolling for well
> over an hour. I have been told that I should not interrupt this scan
> because
> I could do more damage. Does this sound right to be on the orphaned files
> for
> this length of time? Can I leave it running & go to bed? Any suggestions
> will
> be greatly appreciated![/color]