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Chkdsk errors don't clear
Name: Frugalfart Date: March 26, 2009 at 07:43:23 Pacific OS: Windows Vista Business Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
I've done 3 chkdsk in a row on my wife's PC. Each time it finds a bunch of orphaned files and hangs at 12% when verifying file data. It desn't really hang but takes a long time to complete. I start the chkdsk process by going to C:\ properties on Window's Explorer. After clicking Tools and error checking, I check both boxes (Fix file system error & recovery of bad sectors).
Since I keep getting basically the same errors each time I run chkdsk, should I take this to mean there is a hardware issue? Is there another utility I can run to do a more aggressive repair? The PC will boot normally but occasionally fails to wake up after going into standby mode. When this happens, it will automatically run the chkdsk.
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 26, 2009 at 08:44:12 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like the drive could be dying. Make sure your data is backed up.
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Response Number 2
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: March 26, 2009 at 11:04:08 Pacific
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Scandisk?
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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill Date: March 26, 2009 at 11:06:54 Pacific
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Also, try running from Safe Mode.
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Response Number 4
Name: Frugalfart Date: March 31, 2009 at 12:51:15 Pacific
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FYI, I finally decided to load XP on this machine after my last 2 loads were with Vista with the same results. I no longer have any issues with disk errors. I have had XP on this machine for just over a week now and just finished running a chkdsk just to be sure. No problems found. I guess the root cause of my disk errors had something to do with Vista. I hope the next version of Windows is more robust.
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