Re: How to get rid of crosslinked files?



If your hard disk has problems you need to get it replaced under warranty,
and quickly. Seagate will arrange to swap a new disk for your old one. You
should do it soon, before your hard disk becomes unreadable. Here's where to
go for help:
http://www.seagate.com/support/service/index.html

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Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Charlie" <lee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ub1tr11sju30akk6rekdqn7ljts4a10r23@xxxxxxxxxx
> Hi there,
>
> When I tried to do some partitioning (winxp sp2) with Partition Magic
> 8.02, it aborted for the reason that it had encountered crosslinked
> files in my drive (Error 501). Subsequent attempts yielded the same
> result. I then did a disk scan with the Seagate Tool and the report i
> which also mentioned file problems besides other things, is appended
> below.
>
> I also googled for a solution. All I could find was the recommendation
> to use chkdsk (both under run command and control panel/winxp tools)
> which I did for more than twenty times but the errors are still there.
> Not satisfied I did test with Easy Recovery Pro and it reported that
> my drive failed its quick test because of "critical system structure
> errors."
>
> Anybody else faced this problem before? How did you solve it? Is there
> a way to make chkdsk to do its job? Any commercial software out there
> more suited for the purpose. I don't need to recover files, I just
> want to get rid of the crosslinked files. Thank you for your help.
>
> Charlie
>
> File Structure Test Result:
>
> Partition 1 (NTFS (8.1 GB) Reserve) Result: Passed
>
>
> NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are
> for
> informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider
> testing with
> the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating
> system.
> Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing
> file system test results.
>
> Partition 2 (NTFS (1.7 GB) Misc) Result: Failed with critical
> Errors
>
> The following errors were found while scanning the volume:
> - One or more cross-links were found
> - One or more errors were found in metadata file records
> - Other errors were found
>
> NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are
> for
> informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider
> testing with
> the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating
> system.
> Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing
> file system test results.
>
> Partition 3 (NTFS (18.4 GB) Software) Result: Failed with
> critical Errors
>
> The following errors were found while scanning the volume:
> - One or more errors were found in the index
>
>
> NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are
> for
> informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider
> testing with
> the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating
> system.
> Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing
> file system test results.
>
> Partition 4 (NTFS (11.7 GB) Standby) Result: Failed with
> critical Errors
>
> The following errors were found while scanning the volume:
> - One or more errors were found in metadata file records
>

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