ldir problem

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LANTERN — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:07:25 GMT

Fat 16 is good only for old DOS 6.22 and below and also for Win 3.1 and other old Windows operating system, maybe some of the very old Windows 95 operating systems also.Take a look at my old computer, I use Windows 98SE and it uses FAT 32, you need Fat 32 or better (Newer), Fat 16 won't do and should not run Lottery Director.FAT is the file allocation table, the Fat of your disk partition(s) must be of a kind that is able to support your operating system and the programs that you want to run (us... [ More ]

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lchoro — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:19:32 GMT

FAT 16 probably refers to the file allocation table, which is your computer's lookup for files on disk. The application program (LDIR) can't find the files. You can run CHKDSK (check disk) to fix the file system. If the files are corrupted, you've probably lost the data. You probably should do a SCANDISK as well to fix the fragmentation. You probably will have to re-install LDIR and any other programs where they seem to have problem loading files since the corrupted files are lost forever.... [ More ]

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JKING — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:56:29 GMT

The correct place to ask that question is at the microsoft website. You can either get web support or call a 1-800....number.Good luck.

ldir problem

bigdaddy — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:19:30 GMT

anybody know how to fix problem with ldir running xp i keep getting fat 16 error