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On Sun, 26 Apr 1998 16:08:38 -0400 (EDT), Bob Bashford wrote: > I removed OS2 from my Thinkpad 701CS (3.11) about a year >ago (wasn't too pleased by the number of files and directories the IBM >uninstall left behind) ... I just noticed another file ... "ea_data.sf" in >the C:\ directory with attributes "rhsa" ... over seven megabytes ... I >presume this has something to do with the extended attributes feature ... >can Isafely erase it? Or is it connected to other files in some invisible >way? I'd appreciate any advice ... > Once you remove OS/2 from a system based on the FAT file system, you can safely remove this file. Because FAT is poorly designed (even FAT32), EA DATA. SF contains extended attributes for ALL directories and files. To delete it, follow the steps below: C:\>cd \ C:\>attrib ea?data.?sf -r -a -s -h C:\>del ea?data.?sf And you should be okay from there. Good luck. -- Paul Khoury | <pkhoury@loop.com> | Sent from my ThinkPad 701CS Proudly running OS/2 Warp 3/4, Slackware Linux, and Sun Solaris 2.4