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ChkDsk message prevents boot of Server2003
I came in on Saturday after a scheduled reboot of my 2003 Server to find a loop running on the monitor: Deleted invalid filename 0? (3031) in directory 536870912. Subsequent reboots bring up the same loop if I allow ChkDsk to run. If I bypass ChkDsk, the server boots fine; all data seems to be intact. and all the services and server functions run fine. This server has a RAID controller with Diagnosis software; A RAID verify found bad data and rebuilt successfully, but did not solve the problem. I suspect the "invalid file name references something in the boot sector, since the loop starts within a minute or two of the ChkDsk starting. The only issue at this point is that I like to run a scheduled reboot every week just to keep the server fresh, and that won't happen if this ChkDsk hangs with the message. Any help would be appreciated.
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Fixed the issue, and allowed me to manually Re-boot with no issues. I will run a new CkhDsk next Saturday to determine that the disk is clean.
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Here is an article with three ways to do that: http://help.wugnet.com/windows2/HOWTO-Convert-CHKDSK-NTFS-MFT-FRS-file-number-path-ftopict520702.html