Re: chkdsk/f

"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
I store my important data on an external USB Hardrive. When I started the
drive up, I got an error message which advised me that one of my folders was
corrupted, not just a file, but the entire folder. The message advised me to
run chkdsk to recover the files, which I did. Then the message to dismount
the volume appeared and I answered Y to it. With the volume dismounted
message came the message that all open handles to this volume are now
invalid. CHKDSK then proceeded to fix the disk, deleting corrupted files and
then recovering orphaned files. At the end of the run,chkdsk reset the
security id's for some of the files and verified that operation. Then it
inserted data attributes to those files and corrected errors in the master
file table. In other words chkdsk did a fine job, I even have a print out of
what it did. After all was said and done and I re-booted my computer, the
previously corrupt folder, which was fixed by chkdsk, was gone. The entire
directory was gone. The only thing that was left was a ghost folder with
nothing in it. I did a search and nothing came up.
The big question is, what did chkdsk fix and what did it do with an entire
folder ?
I am running Win XP Home Edition.
External drive is a Ximeta, NetDisk NDAS.


You have experienced one of the problems with chkdsk. In certain circumstances it can result in data corruption or data loss that is not recoverable. It also doesn't give any indication of what it did except for the brief log you can view from event viewer in the application log. Look for entries of a type winlogon. It won't help you much, though.

Never run chkdsk unless there is a full backup of the data. As a general rule one should have a backup of all important data at all times.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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