Re: Repairing Usn Journal

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:56:19 -0400, Mark V <notvalid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Here is some information on the $USNjrnl
>http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0999/journal/journal.aspx

That article is very informative. I think I now know what is going on.

According to that article, the Usn Journal is used to keep track of
changes in the filesystem. The default condition is OFF - some
application has to turn it on.

Therefore I would not even be seeing CHKDSK repairing the Usn Journal
unless some application turned it on. I believe the culprit is Norton
Utilities "Protect", which is a rather lame attempt at creating a
second layer of recycle bin.

Normally when you delete a file it is goes to the Recycle Bin from
which you can recover it. If you hold down the Shift key when you
delete a file it will not go to there.

With Norton Protection, a file which has been deleted but is not in
the recycle bin can nevertheless be recovered. This scheme takes up
disk space so periodically you need to clear the Protect facility
which then renders all files deleted for good.

I have disabled Norton Protect so maybe now my disk won't become
corrupted.


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