I didn't get any response the first time that I sent
this.  I'm resending it in the hopes that some one can
help me.  Oh, since the last time, I tried
Defragmenting the Harddrive...since then I can't print
(HP Deskjet 660cse), or use Word.  HELP!!!!!!!

Thanks!


> Hi everyone,
>
> In 1995, I bought a Compaq Presario 7180, which then
> had 8MB RAM and a 1.2 gig hard drive with windows 95
> installed.  In 1997, we compressed the hard drive
> for
> more disk space.  It left our C: drive with 500 mb
> of
> space and a new H: drive with around 2.3 gigs.  We
> also upgraded the RAM to 40MB.
>
> Last year we bought a 10.1 gig hard drive.  We moved
> as much as we could from the C: and H: drives unto
> the
> four newer drives, D:, E:, F:, and G:.  Now, we have
> very little free space on the C: drive, about 50
> megs.
>  When I tried to decompress the C: drive, I received
> an error, 'Cannot decompress drive due to errors.
> run
> scandisk.'  When I run scandisk, no errors are
> found.
> Then I tried to decompress again and the same error
> comes up.  I've tried several times to decompress
> but
> it doesn't work. How do we get it to Decompress???
>
> I ran my PC Handyman software to figure out the
> problem and got a "Serious Harddrive configuration
> error" message too.  I suspect that the guys at Best
> Buy who installed the 10.1 gig made a boo boo, but
> since I couldn't find the sales receipt they
> wouldn't
> help me!!  Can anyone give a solution to this
> problem?
>  I was once told that upgrading to Win98 would solve
> the problem...does this sound right?  Help!
>
> TIA,
>
> Renee King
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