What is the Usn Journal

I have read some of the KB articles and still I do not know what the
Usn Journal is or its purpose.

Something is corrupting my filesystem which causes CHKDSK to run. The
entry in Event Viewer is "The file system structure on the disk is
corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume ",
which is about as helpful as a bucket under a bull.

When CHKDSK runs it quickly passes over everything but the Usn
Journal, which it says it has repaired. Sometimes I can see an
enumeration of entries being repaired one by one, but most of the time
it just says that it has repaired records in the Usn Journal.

I have never lost Win2K because of this - it always starts as if
nothing happned.


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: What is the Usn Journal
    ... > Something is corrupting my filesystem which causes CHKDSK to run. ... > set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.file_system)
  • Re: What is the Usn Journal
    ... Turn off Indexing Service and see if things change. ... Something is corrupting my filesystem which causes CHKDSK to run. ... If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.file_system)
  • Re: What is the Usn Journal
    ... When CHKDSK runs it says that it has repaired records in the Usn ... two identical entries show up after the repair has been effected ... If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.file_system)
  • Re: Cloning a NTFS partition containing errors..
    ... >>> I think your only alternative is chkdsk. ... >>> worried about this step corrupting your HD, then I'd backup the HD. ... >> The source and destination disks are two identical Maxtor 80-GB. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: XP Wont Boot Up
    ... {Registry File Failure} ... I have MS's TechNet article on fixing it by using ChkDsk. ... thus corrupting files on the harddrive. ... from the CD and even expanding / copying the file from the recovery console ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage)
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