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File system is damaged
Name: lordchaoze Date: March 28, 2007 at 19:52:54 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: Athlon 64 3500+/1Gb Product: Compaq R4225CA
Comment:
Hey guys, I recently installed the O&O Defrag Pro 8.6 software and before "analysing" the disk, I decided to have it check for disk errors first (using ChkDsk). The report came out and on the status line it said "Error: File system is damaged." What does this mean ? How can I fix this ? I haven't encountered an error so far that disrupts my operation of my laptop. At least that's what I can remember.
Name: lordchaoze Date: March 28, 2007 at 20:02:51 Pacific
Reply:
I will look it up now. Thx
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Response Number 3
Name: lordchaoze Date: March 28, 2007 at 20:05:37 Pacific
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Ah, couldn't find anything on the site.
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: March 28, 2007 at 20:05:55 Pacific
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U're welcome. BTW did you purchase the program or did you download just the trialware? If the latter - it's a trap designed to force you to buy the software to fix something that ain't broken.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 5
Name: lordchaoze Date: March 28, 2007 at 20:12:20 Pacific
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No, I actually bought it. I've tested it out first and so far it hasn't disappointed me. I've had PerfectDisk before this one and the offline defragmentation feature couldn't function properly so I decided to try another software.
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Response Number 6
Name: XpUser Date: March 28, 2007 at 20:26:42 Pacific
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I haven't encountered an error so far that disrupts my operation of my laptop
In other words your laptop is working the way you expect it, correct?
I've had PerfectDisk before this one and the offline defragmentation feature couldn't function properly
What exactly couldn't function properly?
i_XpUser
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Response Number 7
Name: lordchaoze Date: March 28, 2007 at 20:44:55 Pacific
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Yes, for the majority of the time, it's working fine. As for the Perfectdisk case, everytime I set PerfectDisk to schedule a offline defragmentation and reboot after that, an error is shown during the actual offline defragmentation screen. The actual defrag process can't proceed because of that error. If I remember correctly, it had something to do with driver conflict. Actually, while typing, I found a link for a solution to that problem.
Name: XpUser Date: March 28, 2007 at 20:46:28 Pacific
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I hope that's all it takes to correct the problem.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 9
Name: lordchaoze Date: March 28, 2007 at 20:59:37 Pacific
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Unfortunately the offline defragmentation in PerfectDisk's case isn't working but that's not the problem I am concentrating on. I am concentrating on the fact why my drive's volume status says "Damaged File System". I just want to know what that means and how to fix it.
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Response Number 10
Name: per Date: March 30, 2007 at 14:35:30 Pacific
Summary: if it asks you for a repair disk, in that case you are hosed, unless you find an NTFSCHK or NTFSPRO that will help you restore your file system back to normal. I wish I coul dhelp ya, but the only thi...
Summary: I don't think any 'free' recovery utility will be able to recover any data. Basically, your FAT (File Allocation Table) has been lost meaning all the data on the disk has no memory address. It's there...
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