Re: CHKDSK results
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
- Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 07:37:54 -0700
Hard drives are cheap enough that it doesn't pay to try to repair them. If a
modern drive shows bad sectors it is not to be trusted. Hard drives have
spare sectors which are mapped in as bad sectors are found. If Windows is
seeing bad sectors then the spare sectors for that track have already been
used up. Spinrite as mentioned by someone else is an excellent program but
it's repair functions are not really applicable to modern drives. It will
mask the problem but in the end a new drive is less expensive than spinrite.
How much is your data worth to you?
--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Jim wrote:
I ran CHKDSK C: /F /R on my computer earlier today. The results are
shown below. My questions follow the results.
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Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up 28 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 28 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 28 unused security descriptors.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
Free space verification is complete.
78108029 KB total disk space.
19702168 KB in 82377 files.
30968 KB in 4712 indexes.
32 KB in bad sectors.
174741 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
58200120 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
19527007 total allocation units on disk.
14550030 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
90 79 01 00 3d 54 01 00 4a de 01 00 00 00 00 00 .y..=T..J.......
2e 37 00 00 00 00 00 00 3f 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 .7......?.......
04 f5 43 04 00 00 00 00 02 df 2c 56 00 00 00 00 ..C.......,V....
a0 60 7e 08 00 00 00 00 a0 56 1f 14 03 00 00 00 .`~......V......
f8 14 7a f7 03 00 00 00 d8 88 2f 77 07 00 00 00 ..z......./w....
99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 00 39 07 00 c9 41 01 00 ..6......9...A..
00 00 00 00 00 60 86 b2 04 00 00 00 68 12 00 00 .....`......h...
Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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My computer SEEMS to operate okay, but I am concerned about what I am
seeing. Specifically:
1. What's up with CHKDSK "cleaning up 28 unused index entries...."?
2. Even more troubling, although small in size, CHKDSK is reporting
32 KB in bad sectors. Does this mean my hard drive is beginning to
fail and I should replace it? (Believe it or not, I am one of those
neurotic people who regularly perform weekly backups, even before
seeing this CHKDSK result.)
3. Is there any way (i.e., a utility from TUCOWS or somewhere) which
I can run which will identify and allow me to repair those bad
sectors? Or, in the alternative, to isolate them so I don't lose
data?
Thanks to all.
Jim
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