Re: ChkDsk won't run
- From: "Tim.T" <timatee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 15:18:59 -0000
Hmm...only thing I can think of is be cautious of using any kind of software
that says it can work wonders for your pc's health. A lot of the time they
haven't a clue what they're on about and end up making pc users
unncecessarily worried about their pc's condition, often resulting in them
making a problem out of nothing; deleting crucial files, registry entries,
etc. You're best bet for good pc health is to have a good firewall,
antivirus scanner, anti-spyware software, defrag your drive(s) regularly,
and leave the registry alone. Scanners like System Mechanic often just pick
up the pieces left behind when you fail to do all those things in the first
place ;). So with the right security regime, such scanners can be made
irrelevant. Trust me, I've used quite a few of them, and more often than not
I needed help to reverse something they changed which they flagged as a
"problem"! Idiots.
Additional: Back up all your stuff on C: drive, and convert the drive to
FAT32 (converting implies formatting data, wiping it clean) . Speaking from
personal experience, I would often get chkdsk-related errors on C:, like "
there are errors in the Volume Bitmap" and the moment I went from NTFS to
FAT32 on C:, all those issues disappeared. NTFS is not as stable as some
people would like us to think...from my experience anyway (at least not for
the OS drive). If I really had the will I'd have all my 11 partitions FAT32!
It just seems to me that all the "errors" you are getting are simply the
result of C: drive being NTFS file format. I really do think if you went to
FAT32, chkdsk would work fine. Slower, but fine. My C: drive is FAT32 I've
still had cases where chkdsk wouldn't run when it said it would, either. But
for 99% of the time it works well, and I don't worry about it. I don't think
you should either. When chkdsk fails to run when it said it would, that is
not a problem with chkdsk; it's more to do with the fact there probably
wasn't a problem it needed to fix in the first place.
Tim. T
"W C Hull" <substitute1stInitial2ndInitialLastName51@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:OIEFbeP4FHA.268@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm having trouble with my system (again). I installed the latest version
> of System Mechanic (version 6) on my PC and it kept telling me that my HD
> had errors. I ran chkdsk in read only mode and it says that there are
> errors in the Volume Bitmap and specifies that to fix the problem run
CHKDSK
> with the /F parameter.
>
> I ran chkdsk with the /F and /R parameters and nothing fixes the errors
but
> my new problem is that chkdsk stopped working. I can request a chkdsk
> though the command window and the message says it will run on the next
> reboot but no chkdsk is occuring.
>
> I read somewhere that you could use the fsutil to set the dirty bit and
> autochk will trip the trigger on the chkdsk. I did this and chkdsk does
> start and run but I cannot invoke chkdsk by itself using the /F parameter.
>
> Anyone have any clues as to what has happened and/or how to fix the issue?
>
> P.S. I removed System Mechanc 6 because of this problem but chkdsk still
> doesn't work by invoking CHKDSK /F
>
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