Re: Inconsistent CHKDSK results

I've heard of this and always recommend running from the recovery console. Also don't forget the disk manufacturer's tools available from their web site.


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"CraigM" wrote:
Hi eveyone,

I have a Win2003 server which is reporting that the filesystem on volume D: is corrupt. Upon doing a chkdsk d: /v (read only mode) from the command line chkdsk reports some index errors during stage 2 of the scan. There are 15 enrtries listed. Chkdsk also reports
"Detected minor inconsistencies on the drive. This is not a corruption"

This issue is causing our backups to fail when backing up certain directories on that drive.

So, I scheduled a chskdsk on D: on the next reboot and rebooted the server. I watched the chkdsk run and it did not report any errors. Once it had completed rebooting I re-ran a read only chkdsk from the command line and it reported the same index errors.

So next I tried running chkdsk in repair mode from the command line allowing it to dismount the volume. On the 1st run it reported fixing two index errors at that was it, however when I do a read only chkdsk it is still reporting index errors. Subsequent repair mode chkdsks runs reported no errors.

So the situation is that

- A read only chkdsk reports index errors during stage 2
- A chkdsk in repair mode reports no errors
- Backups are still failing on specific directories on that drive

Luckily (I think) the directories failing to backup are just temporary log file area's so I think there not critical.

I'm not sure what to try next. I suppose the obvious is to try and delete the effected directory structures? Suggestions welcome.

Craig



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