errors on chkdsk : impossible to fix. What do ?

[Guest MoiMeme]

Hi,

 

XP SP2 fully updated except SP3

 

Trying O1O Defrag pro

Says on chkdsk that "errors occur" and interrupts process.

 

Have done 3-4 times chkdsk ( in nomrla mode and reboot, and 2 in safe mode)

 

No change : O&O defrag state on errors, so does partition magic

 

How shoudl I proceed to correct these errors ?

 

Other related question:

 

- if I do a format and restore an image of that partition ( Acronis

TrueImage), will that restore the errors at the same time ?

- if so how can I do without having to reinstall XP and progs ?

 

Drive itself is OK ( from SMART data, nothing stating failure(s) )

 

TIA for help !!

[Guest philo]

Re: errors on chkdsk : impossible to fix. What do ?

 

 

"MoiMeme" <antispam@no.spam> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> XP SP2 fully updated except SP3

>

> Trying O1O Defrag pro

> Says on chkdsk that "errors occur" and interrupts process.

>

> Have done 3-4 times chkdsk ( in nomrla mode and reboot, and 2 in safe

mode)

>

> No change : O&O defrag state on errors, so does partition magic

>

> How shoudl I proceed to correct these errors ?

>

> Other related question:

>

> - if I do a format and restore an image of that partition ( Acronis

> TrueImage), will that restore the errors at the same time ?

> - if so how can I do without having to reinstall XP and progs ?

>

> Drive itself is OK ( from SMART data, nothing stating failure(s) )

>

> TIA for help !!

>

>

>

>

 

No...

 

SMART is not the whole story.

 

Go to the site of your HD's mfg and get their diagnostic...

then run it.

 

If the drive tests bad...do a full backup at once,

then replace the drive!

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: errors on chkdsk : impossible to fix. What do ?

 

There are two distinct types of drive problems. A logical error which

means data on the drive and physical where it's a actual data error on

the sectors of the drive. The first type can be resolved by Chkdsk the

other cannot.

 

If 3rd party applications indicate errors then it may be issues with the

partition table. Partition Magic ( last version ) may not be the best type

of disk management tool to use. Instead I'd use Acronis Disk Mgmt.

 

How was the partitions originally created on the computer ?

 

 

 

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

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>

> "MoiMeme" <antispam@no.spam> wrote in message

> news:Ow01P7cMJHA.4724@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Hi,

>>

>> XP SP2 fully updated except SP3

>>

>> Trying O1O Defrag pro

>> Says on chkdsk that "errors occur" and interrupts process.

>>

>> Have done 3-4 times chkdsk ( in nomrla mode and reboot, and 2 in safe

> mode)

>>

>> No change : O&O defrag state on errors, so does partition magic

>>

>> How shoudl I proceed to correct these errors ?

>>

>> Other related question:

>>

>> - if I do a format and restore an image of that partition ( Acronis

>> TrueImage), will that restore the errors at the same time ?

>> - if so how can I do without having to reinstall XP and progs ?

>>

>> Drive itself is OK ( from SMART data, nothing stating failure(s) )

>>

>> TIA for help !!

>>

>>

>>

>>

>

> No...

>

> SMART is not the whole story.

>

> Go to the site of your HD's mfg and get their diagnostic...

> then run it.

>

> If the drive tests bad...do a full backup at once,

> then replace the drive!

>

>

[Guest Bob Harris]

Re: errors on chkdsk : impossible to fix. What do ?

 

It is possible for one or more files to "go bad" without the underlying hard

drive being bad. Usually CHKDSK can fix such things, but not always. The

most thorough form of CHKDSK is with the /R option, such as CHKDSK C: /R.

 

When interpretting the results of CHKDSK look at what it says about bad

blocks. If greater than zero, be worried a little, but only a little. If

the number of bad blocks is increasing with time, replace the disk. If the

error is somehting like unallocated space appears as allocated, that is a

relatively safe error. If unfixable, do not worry about this sort of error.

 

The image file contains the pattern of ones and zeros representing the

files. It also contains a copy of the master boot record, if it is a whole

disk image, not just a partition image. If a file was "bad" at the time the

image was bad, it will be bad within the image.

 

Suggestions:

 

(1) Run CHKDSK with /R and reboot. Note what it fixes, and whether it says

anything about failing to fix something. This may take an hour or so.

(2) Upon rebooting into windows run CHKDSK without /F or /R, just to see

whether it thinks everything is OK, or what it thinks is wrong.

(3) If still having trouble, try (a) formatting the disk (long format) from

the XP recovery console or similar, then (b) restoring the image. The long

format should, in theory, lock-out bad blocks, if it finds any. The restore

will write files back to the disk only on good blocks.

(4) If the system works normally, I would then leave well enough alone. If

not, you could try to repair Windows by (a) system file checker (SFC), (b) a

repair installation of XP (if you have a retail XP CD), © restore system

to day you bought it using the manufacturer procedure for restoration (if XP

came pre-installed).

 

"MoiMeme" <antispam@no.spam> wrote in message

news:Ow01P7cMJHA.4724@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Hi,

>

> XP SP2 fully updated except SP3

>

> Trying O1O Defrag pro

> Says on chkdsk that "errors occur" and interrupts process.

>

> Have done 3-4 times chkdsk ( in nomrla mode and reboot, and 2 in safe

> mode)

>

> No change : O&O defrag state on errors, so does partition magic

>

> How shoudl I proceed to correct these errors ?

>

> Other related question:

>

> - if I do a format and restore an image of that partition ( Acronis

> TrueImage), will that restore the errors at the same time ?

> - if so how can I do without having to reinstall XP and progs ?

>

> Drive itself is OK ( from SMART data, nothing stating failure(s) )

>

> TIA for help !!

>

>

>

>