Re: Beware Doing a CHKDSK in Fix Errors Mode
From: CS (nomail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/04/04
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 23:05:20 -0500
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 22:29:05 -0400, "Jeff Lloyd" <jbl85@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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>"CS" <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 18:18:41 -0400, "JBL" <jbl85@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Wow,
>>>
>>>Soon after I installed SP2 on all three computers that I own, I ran CHKDSK
>>>on my IBM T40 laptop and after about an hour I was able to get it to boot
>>>again. When the CHKDSK command is issued with the fix errors switch, the
>>>computer simply does not boot afterwards...you get a "sorry for the
>>>inconvenience, but"...
>>>
>>>It happend with a second machine, a Dell Desktop. Same deal. The only
>>>way
>>>I could get it to boot was to "choose the last good configuration", but
>>>that
>>>is NOT the solution...what gives? Has anyone else had this issue?
>>>
>>>Many thanks for any feedback.
>>
>> Why did you feel you had to run chkdsk /f after installing SP2 on your
>> laptop and desktop? Were there errors on the disks prior to updating
>> to SP2? Sounds like you may have problems with both machines that
>> possibly can occur again.
>>
>> Download IBM's disk diagnostics from their support web site and run it
>> in thorough mode. Do the same with the Dell. I'm sure Dell also has
>> disk diagnostics available.
>>
>>
>>
>That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Two totally different
>machines that have the same problems. Do you work for Microsoft? Come on,
>Man.
>
>I installed SP2 a week or so ago, and as I always did before, I would run
>chkdsk to check for errors - I saw some minor errors on the drive so I ran
>it with the /F switch. The desktop machine is two weeks old, with the
>minimal amount of extra software on it...I don't get it? Run some other
>utility instead of the CHKDSK utility that comes with Windows? Sure IBM and
>Dell have diagnostics...Dell's complete disk check takes ALL DAY to run.
>Now that's practical.
I don't work for Microsoft (and never would). But you're trying to
blame hardware problems on SP2 while it appears that you have two hard
drives (on different machines) that have errors. That's why I asked
why you felt you had to run chkdsk /f.
Why not run the diagnostics and ease your mind about the drives?
Just because a machine is two weeks old doesn't mean that it can't
have problems. I have had defective hard drives that were brand new
out of the box. Your Dell should still be under warranty. If the
drive is in fact defective, Dell is going to ask you to run the
diagnostics anyway before they RMA the machine.
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