Guest Juerg Reimann Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 I ran into a mystery with chkdsk that I could verify with a dozen different Windows XP systems. Chkdsk seems to always find some errors on the C: drive that need to be fixed with the /F switch while rebooting. During the reboot chkdsk usually finds nothing but as soon as the system is up and chkdsk is run against die C: drive again, the game starts from new. I bet if someone tries this on a system with all the recent updates, it will result in the same. But I know it used not to be so, usually if chkdsk would find errors, after repair it should report a clean file system. Does anybody know why chkdsk all over sudden behaves like this? Thanks, Juerg
Guest nass Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 RE: chkdsk continues to find errors "Juerg Reimann" wrote: > I ran into a mystery with chkdsk that I could verify with a dozen > different Windows XP systems. Chkdsk seems to always find some errors on > the C: drive that need to be fixed with the /F switch while rebooting. > During the reboot chkdsk usually finds nothing but as soon as the system > is up and chkdsk is run against die C: drive again, the game starts from > new. > > I bet if someone tries this on a system with all the recent updates, it > will result in the same. But I know it used not to be so, usually if > chkdsk would find errors, after repair it should report a clean file > system. > > Does anybody know why chkdsk all over sudden behaves like this? > > Thanks, Juerg Try it with chkdsk /R Also note that there are some Bad sector beyond SFC to repair or mark as bad! If the HDD on its last legg. HTH, nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest Larry(LJL269) Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: chkdsk continues to find errors Me 2! Ran chkdsk 4 times in-a-row with fix option & now it's gone. PM's check disk on boot & BartPE chkdsk never did find anything. Buy 1 of those copper bracelets from my cousin Vinny :) Hope that helps. Larry On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:23:36 +0200, "Juerg Reimann" <jr@jworld.ch> wrote: >I ran into a mystery with chkdsk that I could verify with a dozen >different Windows XP systems. Chkdsk seems to always find some errors on >the C: drive that need to be fixed with the /F switch while rebooting. >During the reboot chkdsk usually finds nothing but as soon as the system >is up and chkdsk is run against die C: drive again, the game starts from >new. > >I bet if someone tries this on a system with all the recent updates, it >will result in the same. But I know it used not to be so, usually if >chkdsk would find errors, after repair it should report a clean file >system. > >Does anybody know why chkdsk all over sudden behaves like this? > >Thanks, Juerg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A working unsecure OS is infinitely better than non-working secure OS. Just spent 1 week cleaning up the mess WUpdate made preventing hypothetical security problems. http://microscum.com/comsense/
Guest philo Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: chkdsk continues to find errors "Juerg Reimann" <jr@jworld.ch> wrote in message news:4A2355AAB6A344A981A38D3A8633227C@jworld.local... > I ran into a mystery with chkdsk that I could verify with a dozen > different Windows XP systems. Chkdsk seems to always find some errors on > the C: drive that need to be fixed with the /F switch while rebooting. > During the reboot chkdsk usually finds nothing but as soon as the system > is up and chkdsk is run against die C: drive again, the game starts from > new. > > I bet if someone tries this on a system with all the recent updates, it > will result in the same. But I know it used not to be so, usually if > chkdsk would find errors, after repair it should report a clean file > system. > > Does anybody know why chkdsk all over sudden behaves like this? > > Thanks, Juerg > I've found that I often see errors when running chkdsk on a "live" system as there are files in use and the drive is dynamically changing. As long as there are no errors while actually running chkdsk /f you are probably OK However, as a precaution, you should run the harddrive mfg's diagnostic
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