Solved Chkdsk Errors

[SlasherIT]

Hi guys,

Out of the blue, Windows started asking to check my External HDD for corrupt files. I went ahead and opened a command prompt and did a read only scan of chkdsk. It reported all fine and dandy and needs some fixing, no problem. The only problem is that I don't know which files are corrupted, and need to be fixed. This is the result of the chkdsk scan.



Help would be appreciated.

Slasher

 

[pooch]

You are using check disk in read only mode. Have a look at this; http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

 

[whs]

That does not look good. I would try to save the data asap - maybe with a live Linux CD. No idea how to repair those indexes.

 

[SlasherIT]

I know how to fix it, I just want to know what files in my HDD are affected. I'm not bothered too much by it, since I have a lot of .iso's of my DVD game's on my HDD to keep the CD's in best condition as possible. I store free useful programs also, some work that if gone isn't really important. Could anyone help me in finding files that are damaged? A number assigned to the file isn't really useful... The only information that the results have given me are that only 3 files are corrupted, which isn't too bad...

 

[pooch]

Silly question, but if you can fix it where is the problem?

 

[SlasherIT]

I need to know what files are corrupted, thats all.

 

[HammerHead]

Disk Editor

If you have a disk editor you might be able to track them down. I WOULD PROCEDE WITH GREAT CAUTION WITH A DISK EDITOR!

 

[SlasherIT]

I really don't know how to find the affected files at all, I need detailed instructions on how to do so... Sorry.

 

[pooch]

I cannot help you to find the files but I read in your post that only the indexes are damaged, not the files themselves

 

[SlasherIT]

Wait, whats the difference between an index and file?

 

[UKMedia]

Hi

Am I missing something here? Why don't you just run Chkdsk on your drive from within My Computer and let it rebuild the Indexs on reboot?

Regards
UKMedia

 

[HammerHead]

Easily Fixed

Listen to UKmedia. Chkdsk will rebuild the indexes and everything will be "Hunk Dory".

 

[pooch]

As I understand it he indexes are like page numbers in a book so that windows knows where the files are

 

[SlasherIT]

Oh lol, so no files are damaged?

 

[pooch]

That is what I believe to be the case yes, we won't know for sure until CHKDSK has attempted to fix the drive

 

[SlasherIT]

Ok I'll do it. One second.

 

[SlasherIT]

Well, I did it, and after I used Take Ownership on the folder found.000 (recovered files), it showed me all the files it managed to recover. The strange thing is, I've never seen these files before. Some of these names of the files go by 'fallout_table1.dx80.vtx'. I have never seen this file before. The only thing I can relate this file to is that I have an ISO of my Fallout 3 DVD on the external drive. That's it. There are plenty of other files, only consuming about 11mb in total though... Would anyone know perhaps what these files are?

 

[UKMedia]

If you now run disk Cleanup, it should get rid of any temporary files created by chkdsk.

Regards
UKMedia

 

[murmatron]

A little late, but you can get file info from NTFS inodes using a Linux LiveCD that has ntfsinfo installed (most do).

If you need more info than ntfsinfo -i gives, you can use this script...

https://gist.github.com/1142989

 

[SlasherIT]

Well, after going on TechNet to see all the chkdsk commands, using /r shows the directory and file affected while doing chkdsk. Oh well, nothing damaged really I guess, since I don't recognise any of the affected files. Deleted! Thanks for the help anyways guys.

Slasher