Re: Corrupt MFT

From: Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP (rmu1_at_columbiaSPAM.SUCKSedu)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:01:01 -0400

Pete wrote:
>
> I get a '$MFT is corrupt and unreadable, Please run the
> CHKDSK utility' error on my Raid 5 data volume.
> I first noticed there was a problem when I was unable to
> amend any file permissions.
>
> I have run CHKDSK /F over the volume and this initially
> proved successful. The problem has now returned.
>
> Has anyone any idea's to the cause\fix?.
>
> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete

I think an excessively fragmented MFT can cause problems. After you fix
it w/ chkdsk, you may want to run a defragger that is very good at
defragging the MFT. PerfectDisk is very good at thiss. 

-- 
Ricardo M. Urbano
Microsoft Windows 2000/NT MVP

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