Re: repair NTFS: better than chkdsk?

If Spinrite can't repair the disk it is no good. Get what you can off it and
trash it.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Hugo Trebl wrote:
Hi all
got some bad sectors on a hard drive recently.
Most things are backed up, but, as usual, not everything in the most
recent version.

I attempted to relocate the data in the damaged sectors with Spinrite,
which reported some partial success.
I also cloned the disc in case further sectors go bad. (I no longer
use it for work)

Now the NTFS file system is naturally still damaged. What steps should
I take to fix it?

Is chkdsk /r my best choice or is there a better tool?

My main concern is finding out which files are most likely corrupted,
and my second concern to recover what is salvageable.
I want to know which files are likely to be damaged so I know which
ones to restore from previous versions, and which ones to keep.
chkdsk (whitout /r) finds several errors, but reports mainly file
numbers and file segment numbers, so is not very helpful with
assessing the damage. I don't know how good it is with repairing.

Any other options?

I am sorry, I posted this three days ago in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain but noone seemd to know an
answer, so I am retrying here.


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