Chkdsk Alternative?
I have come across a problem where when i run chkdsk (windows xp) in windows it finds error. i run chkdsk /f. it says schedule for next restart. i say yes. i restart. chkdsk scans. no errors found. run chkdsk in windows. says errors found run chkdsk /f. is this normal? i have heard bad things about chkdsk for windows xp. is there an alternative software that works in all the same enviroments?
Actually I think its called SystemWorks these days.
Sorry about that.
Sorry about that.
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i use disk doctor. It works great on FAT32 but for ntfs it can only fix small errors. for the big errors it just schedules chkdsk to run on the next restart and tells you to restart. problem still there.
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so i might have to restart my computer with the chkdsk /f option 3 or 4 times to fix some problems? what if chkdsk finds errors in windows but not on restart? i agree that norton makes alot of crappy stuff, but i like some of it. just don't use Norton personal firewall and if you have trouble with Norton Anti-Virus just give up. oh yeah norton cleansweep sucks too.
Yep, I had to keep running it with /f before runinng it in read only mode inside of windows would report no errors. Check your event logs for winlogon events to see what chkdsk /f found upon reboot.
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really? event log give you the details? cool.
go to control panel>administrative tools>event viewer>applications
alternative to chdsk is to scan fro corrupted files. go to start button> run> type in> sfc /scannow
you will need your xp cd. It will fix any errors it finds but will not give you any notifications. Then try running your chdsk.
you will need your xp cd. It will fix any errors it finds but will not give you any notifications. Then try running your chdsk.
Yep, in event log under Application and the event should look something like this:
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Winlogon
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 2:35:46 PM
User: N/A
Computer: DELL
Description:
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is WinXP.
A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3 unused security descriptors.
5124703 KB total disk space.
3229956 KB in 26987 files.
12372 KB in 1246 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
64115 KB in use by the system.
27680 KB occupied by the log file.
1818260 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
1281175 total allocation units on disk.
454565 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
9a 8b 00 00 54 6e 00 00 3d a4 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....Tn..=.......
64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 d.......(.......
e0 5d c7 01 00 00 00 00 10 61 eb 0f 00 00 00 00 .].......a......
90 77 1e 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .w..............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 29 ac 1b 00 00 00 00 ........@)......
99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 6b 69 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..6.....ki......
00 10 24 c5 00 00 00 00 de 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..$.............
Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Winlogon
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 2:35:46 PM
User: N/A
Computer: DELL
Description:
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is WinXP.
A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3 unused security descriptors.
5124703 KB total disk space.
3229956 KB in 26987 files.
12372 KB in 1246 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
64115 KB in use by the system.
27680 KB occupied by the log file.
1818260 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
1281175 total allocation units on disk.
454565 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
9a 8b 00 00 54 6e 00 00 3d a4 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....Tn..=.......
64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 d.......(.......
e0 5d c7 01 00 00 00 00 10 61 eb 0f 00 00 00 00 .].......a......
90 77 1e 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .w..............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 29 ac 1b 00 00 00 00 ........@)......
99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 6b 69 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..6.....ki......
00 10 24 c5 00 00 00 00 de 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..$.............
Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Did it finally fix the error?
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my question was a general one, not one to fix an immediate problem. i am a computer tech. i fix other peoples computers all day. recently chkdsk has been finding errors and not fixing them. now i know what to do.
any ideas on chkdsk alternatives? I read several webs and forums and noone is close to the relevant answer. I don’t need disk scanner, nor partition manager, nor format recovery. I want CHKDSK+, which can remove some logical partition errors like “filename too long” or wrong characters in a filename.
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