Boot sector error that misreads free disk space???

Factual Questions
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It’s beeen a small nagging error on a couple of my PCs for a while.

Every once and a while I’ll notice that my C drive reads are nearly full, yet when I go thru it folder by folder (including hidden files) it never adds up to nearly as much space as Windows says. When I run Scan Disc, it tells me there is an error on my hard drive that may result in a misreading of available drive space, I hit “FIX” and everything is fine. Its never been a big issue, just a minor occasional annoyance. Its happened on at least 2 of my computers (i think all four, but not sure)under Win98, Win98SE, WinME, and recently a newly Win2K formatted disc.

Whats going on?
the Hat

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As a WAG, you may want to go to Microsoft’s web site and install the critical updates–especially those relating to the IDE drivers.

I recall there being an issue a while back which sounds familiar to me, in reading over what you’re describing here.