RE: CHKNTSF results

[Guest aligatrjoe]

RE: CHKNTSF results

 

I ran CMD. Then issued command: CHKNTSF C:

Result: The type of file system is raw.

What does this mean and is it normal? Seems that I cannot run CHKDSK /F

because of this result.

I am suspicious of the Disk Drive and don't know what to try next.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

I am running Windows XP Pro

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Bill W

[Guest Curt Christianson]

Re: CHKNTSF results

 

Re: CHKNTSF results

 

Hi Bill,

 

This subject is over my head, but you may find some useful information here:

 

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/art-raw-filesystem.htm

 

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"aligatrjoe" <aligatrjoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I ran CMD. Then issued command: CHKNTSF C:

> Result: The type of file system is raw.

> What does this mean and is it normal? Seems that I cannot run CHKDSK /F

> because of this result.

> I am suspicious of the Disk Drive and don't know what to try next.

> Any help would be greatly appreciated

>

> I am running Windows XP Pro

> --

> Bill W

[Guest Lem]

Re: CHKNTSF results

 

Re: CHKNTSF results

 

aligatrjoe wrote:

> I ran CMD. Then issued command: CHKNTSF C:

> Result: The type of file system is raw.

> What does this mean and is it normal? Seems that I cannot run CHKDSK /F

> because of this result.

> I am suspicious of the Disk Drive and don't know what to try next.

> Any help would be greatly appreciated

>

> I am running Windows XP Pro

 

Why did you run ChkNTFS in the first place? It's not even normally

available in Windows XP, and its purpose is to disable the automatic

running of chkdsk. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160963

 

If chkntfs /d c: doesn't fix things up, you may have really screwed

things up. Assuming that Windows is still viable , run Disk Management

(Start > Run > diskmgmt.msc [click OK]) and see what it says about the

state of your drive.

 

If you're concerned about the health of your disk drive, go to the web

site of the disk's manufacturer, download the utility that all such

manufacturers have, and run that.

 

 

 

 

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Lem -- MS-MVP

 

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[Guest aligatrjoe]

Re: CHKNTSF results

 

Re: CHKNTSF results

 

Thanks Lem. Finally some really useful info

--

Bill W

 

 

"Lem" wrote:

> aligatrjoe wrote:

> > I ran CMD. Then issued command: CHKNTSF C:

> > Result: The type of file system is raw.

> > What does this mean and is it normal? Seems that I cannot run CHKDSK /F

> > because of this result.

> > I am suspicious of the Disk Drive and don't know what to try next.

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated

> >

> > I am running Windows XP Pro

>

> Why did you run ChkNTFS in the first place? It's not even normally

> available in Windows XP, and its purpose is to disable the automatic

> running of chkdsk. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160963

>

> If chkntfs /d c: doesn't fix things up, you may have really screwed

> things up. Assuming that Windows is still viable , run Disk Management

> (Start > Run > diskmgmt.msc [click OK]) and see what it says about the

> state of your drive.

>

> If you're concerned about the health of your disk drive, go to the web

> site of the disk's manufacturer, download the utility that all such

> manufacturers have, and run that.

>

>

>

>

> --

> Lem -- MS-MVP

>

> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

>