Comments on: Windows Chkdsk Utility

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:24:20 +0000

Thanks. Brilliant post for novice peeps around the world to easily get to know the remarkable CHKDSK.EXE util, which is (often) truly great. Awergh, on my behalf, right now it’s messy. It’s not CHKDSK to blame though, but this stupid TrekStor 1 TB external disk. It’s around 2 years old, TrueCrypt’ed and subsequently formated entirely from scratch. Now it’s starting to mess tho. I’m really scared that some day the “random I/O error” will occur on the TC header, which will be tough call. Currently running CHKDSK /R (which actually automatically includes /F), and it’s going.. mediocre well..

File record segment 44632 is unreadable.
File record segment 44633 is unreadable.
File record segment 44634 is unreadable.
File record segment 44635 is unreadable.
File record segment 45244 is unreadable.
File record segment 45245 is unreadable.
File record segment 45246 is unreadable.
File record segment 45247 is unreadable.
Deleted corrupt attribute list entry
with type code 128 in file 45304.
Deleted corrupt attribute list entry
with type code 48 in file 45304.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (48, “”)
from file record segment 45304.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, “”)
from file record segment 45400.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, “”)
from file record segment 45434.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, “”)
from file record segment 45508.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, “”)

Hehe, I really do hope the disk isn’t singing on its last chorus! ;P

By: Steven W Scott

Steven W Scott — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:44:34 +0000

You can also do chkdsk c: /f from the command prompt and then reboot the computer to allow chkdsk to fix hard drive errors before it loads up the windows gui (for winxp).

By: Peter W

Peter W — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:07:42 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. It is clear, concise and best of all, solved my problem.

Cheers

By: Karen Stone

Karen Stone — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:30:43 +0000

Thanks for all the useful information provided here. I need to repair my hard drive and this seems to be a good method. I already made a backup of my hard drive with the Driveclone 5 backup software and so data didn't get lost. I will let you know if the check with Chkdsk brought any results.

By: DarrinW

DarrinW — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:57:13 +0000

@ quad vans

Of course, you are not installing anything…!

By: Quad vans

Quad vans — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:40:43 +0000

Can you use the original windows XP CD if its one of the original installation cd’s if you have service pack 2 or 3 installed on your machine?