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10-25-2007, 12:30 PM
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C:/ Files Meant to be there/or not?
In my local disk (C:/) i have several files in there which i dont't have a clue what are.
Maybe you guys could tell me what they are as i have no clue. ntdetect - msdos app ntldr.file rollback.ini scansectorlog.dat AVGQT.dat FOUND.000 FOUND.001 boot.ini io.sys msdos.sys ---------------------------- Theres a few others such as recycle bin and pagefile but i understand what they are lol 
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10-26-2007, 12:44 AM
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Boot.ini, io.sys, msdos.sys, and ntldr are all system files, so DON'T delete those. The "FOUND.XXX" files are usually the results of a CHKDSK or SCANDISK session, where it found a corrupt file or piece of a file and disposed of it because it was likely unusable. Those two probably aren't anything critical, but I probably would try to open them somehow to see if I could recognize what the files are before deleting them. As for the other three files.....AVGQT.dat, my best guess would be that it has something to do with the AVG Virus Scanner, if you have that installed. Only thing on rollback.ini that I can find is that it may have something to do with ZoneAlarm. I don't know whether you have that installed either. And scansectorlog.dat, again, I would assume from the name that it's probably a log file from a virus or malware scanner of some sort or maybe from a hard drive diagnostic. So offhand I don't see much that you need to worry about, but I could be wrong.....hopefully someone else will come along and verify those last few files I wasn't totally sure about.
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10-26-2007, 09:34 AM
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You must have the folder option to hide protected operating system files disabled if you're seeing those files. If you're the only person using that computer leaving that option disabled is fine, but if other people use that computer one of them might accidentally delete some of those files and that would be bad.
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10-26-2007, 01:25 PM
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Yeah, however im on my own p.c so its all good, i deleted the "FOUND" and sectorlogfile & the rollback.ini so its all good when im getting my new p.c i will format my hardrive anyway to start a fresh
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