Re: CHKDSK: unused index entries and security descriptors.
- From: Tecknomage <tecknode@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:21:27 -0700
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:42:06 -0700, Stephen
<Stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Every time I scan my disks (partitions) for errors, more of these types of
errors are found:
Cleaning up 928 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 928 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 928 unused security descriptors.
This almost looks like the "lost chains" in a FAT system, but I'm not
sure.
This applies to all 4 of my partitions on one disk, plus 2 partitions on
another disk when it is connected.
CHKDSK may be fixing stuff, but the problems keep arising! What on earth is
going on?
What do these security descriptors do? Do they have anything to do with my
not using Simple File Sharing?
For those of you who haven't seen these messages before, these are generated
when scanning the partitions at boot time, and the logs are viewed with Event
Viewer under Application with the Source "Winlogon". (Event Viewer is found
by going to My Computer \ Manage \ Computer Management \ System Tools \ Event
Viewer.)
Also of interest in Event Viewer under System are entries with the Source
"disk".
In the last 10 days, I've seen:
The device, \Device\Harddisk3\D, has a bad block. 10 times and
The device, \Device\Harddisk4\D, has a bad block. 1 time.
How old are these hard drives?
This is an indication of a hardware problem, the hard drives
themselves, and cannot be corrected by software. Somehow blocks
(specific track-sector location) have become physically damaged.
Consider replacing these drives if they continue to give you problems.
In addition, the bad block problem _may_ be causing your other
problems _if_ the bad blocks contain index/security data.
--
This is really disconcerting. I have used various disk testing programs,
many running from boot floppy disks, and these haven't been able to fault the
hardware, only the NTFS File System.
I'm running Windows XP Professional with SP2, fully patched.
I've also tried running System File Checker (sfc /scannow) to try to ensure
that the operating system's files haven't become corrupted.
Gerry has already shown me that the problem isn't related to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/831374/en-us
because each of my partitions doesn't have more than 4,194,303 files, or a
master file table larger than 4 gigabytes (GB).
I hate not being able to trust nor fix my file system. I'm hoping I don't
need to trash the whole installation and start from scratch. I'm out of
ideas. Any help?
======== Tecknomage ========
Computer Systems Specialist
San Diego, CA
.
- Prev by Date: Re: Microsoft SLOW in Solving CD-R IMPORTANT problem in XP SP2
- Next by Date: Re: WinXP Home shuts down without warning
- Previous by thread: Re: CHKDSK: unused index entries and security descriptors.
- Next by thread: Forcing XP to acknowledge connecting devices
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
|
