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From: jimrx4 on 19 Mar 2005 18:46 The messages below show what happens when I run chkdsk from time to time. Please note that I run them one right after the other. Also not the error message I get with the first run. Is this a bug in Windows XP Pro? When the first run tells me to run chkdsk with the /F parameter I do and no error show up. I stopped doing the "chkdsk /F" and run one chkdsk right after the other. Can anyone explain this oddity? Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Jim>cd\ C:\>chkdsk The type of the file system is FAT32. Volume JIMSDRIVE created 3/14/2005 9:37 AM Volume Serial Number is 98E8-2570 Windows is verifying files and folders... Windows found errors on the disk, but will not fix them because disk checking was run without the /F (fix) parameter. \WINDOWS\Prefetch\CMD.EXE-034B0549.pf first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated. \WINDOWS\Prefetch\CHKDSK.EXE-0C6DCB55.pf first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated. File and folder verification is complete. Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? y 32 KB in 1 recoverable files. Windows found problems with the file system. Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these. 117,189,600 KB total disk space. 2,224,384 KB in 1,009 hidden files. 101,920 KB in 3,167 folders. 17,036,608 KB in 43,753 files. 97,826,592 KB are available. 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. 3,662,175 total allocation units on disk. 3,057,081 allocation units available on disk. C:\>chkdsk The type of the file system is FAT32. Volume JIMSDRIVE created 3/14/2005 9:37 AM Volume Serial Number is 98E8-2570 Windows is verifying files and folders... File and folder verification is complete. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 117,189,600 KB total disk space. 2,224,352 KB in 1,009 hidden files. 101,920 KB in 3,167 folders. 17,036,672 KB in 43,755 files. 97,826,624 KB are available. 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. 3,662,175 total allocation units on disk. 3,057,082 allocation units available on disk. C:\>
From: Ian on 19 Mar 2005 19:29 jimrx4 wrote: > The messages below show what happens when I run chkdsk from time to > time. Please note that I run them one right after the other. Also not > the error message I get with the first run. Is this a bug in Windows > XP Pro? When the first run tells me to run chkdsk with the /F > parameter I do and no error show up. I stopped doing the "chkdsk /F" > and run one chkdsk right after the other. Can anyone explain this > oddity? > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Jim>cd\ > > C:\>chkdsk > The type of the file system is FAT32. > Volume JIMSDRIVE created 3/14/2005 9:37 AM > Volume Serial Number is 98E8-2570 > Windows is verifying files and folders... > Windows found errors on the disk, but will not fix them > because disk checking was run without the /F (fix) parameter. > \WINDOWS\Prefetch\CMD.EXE-034B0549.pf first allocation unit is not > valid. The entry will be truncated. > \WINDOWS\Prefetch\CHKDSK.EXE-0C6DCB55.pf first allocation unit is > not valid. The entry will be truncated. > File and folder verification is complete. > Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? y > 32 KB in 1 recoverable files. > Windows found problems with the file system. > Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these. > 117,189,600 KB total disk space. > 2,224,384 KB in 1,009 hidden files. > 101,920 KB in 3,167 folders. > 17,036,608 KB in 43,753 files. > 97,826,592 KB are available. > > 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. > 3,662,175 total allocation units on disk. > 3,057,081 allocation units available on disk. > > C:\>chkdsk > The type of the file system is FAT32. > Volume JIMSDRIVE created 3/14/2005 9:37 AM > Volume Serial Number is 98E8-2570 > Windows is verifying files and folders... > File and folder verification is complete. > Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. > 117,189,600 KB total disk space. > 2,224,352 KB in 1,009 hidden files. > 101,920 KB in 3,167 folders. > 17,036,672 KB in 43,755 files. > 97,826,624 KB are available. > > 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. > 3,662,175 total allocation units on disk. > 3,057,082 allocation units available on disk. > > C:\> A rough and ready answer is that the Chkdsk utility has fallen over it's own open file in the prefetch cache on the first run. That makes some sort of sense to me. I susoect that on the second run, Chkdsk is no longer in prefetch, it is in RAM. Ian.
From: Ion Petrov on 20 Mar 2005 06:16 y'r right Ian, is exactly what is happening !!! chkdsk and other loads programs on what the first chkdsk gives errors, put somes down and the second run is OK ! this is the reason for the XP utility for checking the disk will do the check only at the next boot before loading some others f... residents. Poor Gates, get sued, buy, make his mind to integrate some third party in his system and people still have the nostalgia to run staff from the black window. "jimrx4" <jimrx4(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:jaWdnXK4nfVKJKHfRVn-tQ(a)comcast.com... > The messages below show what happens when I run chkdsk from time to time. > Please note that I run them one right after the other. Also not the error > message I get with the first run. Is this a bug in Windows XP Pro? When > the first run tells me to run chkdsk with the /F parameter I do and no > error show up. I stopped doing the "chkdsk /F" and run one chkdsk right > after the other. Can anyone explain this oddity? > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Jim>cd\ > > C:\>chkdsk > The type of the file system is FAT32. > Volume JIMSDRIVE created 3/14/2005 9:37 AM > Volume Serial Number is 98E8-2570 > Windows is verifying files and folders... > Windows found errors on the disk, but will not fix them > because disk checking was run without the /F (fix) parameter. > \WINDOWS\Prefetch\CMD.EXE-034B0549.pf first allocation unit is not valid. > The entry will be truncated. \WINDOWS\Prefetch\CHKDSK.EXE-0C6DCB55.pf > first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated. > File and folder verification is complete. > Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? y > 32 KB in 1 recoverable files. > Windows found problems with the file system. > Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these. > 117,189,600 KB total disk space. > 2,224,384 KB in 1,009 hidden files. > 101,920 KB in 3,167 folders. > 17,036,608 KB in 43,753 files. > 97,826,592 KB are available. > > 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. > 3,662,175 total allocation units on disk. > 3,057,081 allocation units available on disk. > > C:\>chkdsk > The type of the file system is FAT32. > Volume JIMSDRIVE created 3/14/2005 9:37 AM > Volume Serial Number is 98E8-2570 > Windows is verifying files and folders... > File and folder verification is complete. > Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. > 117,189,600 KB total disk space. > 2,224,352 KB in 1,009 hidden files. > 101,920 KB in 3,167 folders. > 17,036,672 KB in 43,755 files. > 97,826,624 KB are available. > > 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. > 3,662,175 total allocation units on disk. > 3,057,082 allocation units available on disk. > > C:\> >
From: TheBeat999 on 20 Mar 2005 07:42 "Ion Petrov" <ipetrov(a)free.fr> wrote in message news:423d5b8f$0$27986$626a14ce(a)news.free.fr... > y'r right Ian, is exactly what is happening !!! chkdsk and other loads programs on > what > > the first chkdsk gives errors, put somes down and the second run is OK ! > > this is the reason for the XP utility for checking the disk will do the check > > only at the next boot before loading some others f... residents. > > > > Poor Gates, get sued, buy, make his mind to integrate some third party in his system > > and people still have the nostalgia to run staff from the black window. Can anyone translate this into English? Or at least something that actually makes sense?
From: philo on 20 Mar 2005 10:41
jimrx4 wrote: > The messages below show what happens when I run chkdsk from time to time. > Please note that I run them one right after the other. Also not the error > message I get with the first run. Is this a bug in Windows XP Pro? When the > first run tells me to run chkdsk with the /F parameter I do and no error > show up. I stopped doing the "chkdsk /F" and run one chkdsk right after the > other. Can anyone explain this oddity? > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Jim>cd\ > > C:\>chkdsk > The type of the file system is FAT32. > Volume JIMSDRIVE created 3/14/2005 9:37 AM > Volume Serial Number is 98E8-2570 > Windows is verifying files and folders... > Windows found errors on the disk, but will not fix them > because disk checking was run without the /F (fix) parameter. > \WINDOWS\Prefetch\CMD.EXE-034B0549.pf first allocation unit is not valid. > The entry will be truncated. \WINDOWS\Prefetch\CHKDSK.EXE-0C6DCB55.pf first > allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated. > File and folder verification is complete. > Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? y > 32 KB in 1 recoverable files. > Windows found problems with the file system. > Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these. > <snip> i had a similar problem with a machine i was working on about a year ago... someone brought me a machine with a slightly corrupted harddrive... even not using the /f parameter, chkdsk came up with different errors each time i ran it... it ended up being a subtle problem with the RAM . i ended up "fixing" the problem by slighty undeclocking the machine as a precaution you should run a RAM test and a harddrive diagnostic |