I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume may
have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run chkdsk
from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system errors"
and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and reports only
complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing problems
reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 14:16:02 -0800, dratner
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume may
>have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run chkdsk
>from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system errors"
>and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and reports only
>complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing problems
>reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.

Try this, should convert usb to ntfs

CHKDSK can not fix errors, if the parition is in use.

With the USB disk attached, open a command prompt and type CHKDSK G: /F (I
assume that the USB disk is G:, if not use its drive letter.)

Then, reboot the PC.

CHKDSK should run before XP reaches the desktop level.

Alternatively, boot the PC into the XP recovery console and run CHKDSK from
there; use the /R option, since the /F option is not supported in the
recovery console. Here is a set of links about the recovery console:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm
http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm (near bottom)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

"dratner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E4A4DE05-AC80-47B0-8C66-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume
>may
> have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run
> chkdsk
> from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system
> errors"
> and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and reports
> only
> complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing problems
> reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.

On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:12:43 -0500, WaIIy <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 14:16:02 -0800, dratner
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume may
>>have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run chkdsk
>>from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system errors"
>>and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and reports only
>>complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing problems
>>reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.
>
>Try this, should convert usb to ntfs

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

Unfortunately, when I ran the chkdsk from cmd prompt, only option presented
was to dismount the volume, which I did. Same result. I do not have an XP
Professional CD ro run recovery console as my computer came with a restore
partition and no OS cd. I am still unable to chkssk and convert.

"Bob Harris" wrote:

> CHKDSK can not fix errors, if the parition is in use.
>
> With the USB disk attached, open a command prompt and type CHKDSK G: /F (I
> assume that the USB disk is G:, if not use its drive letter.)
>
> Then, reboot the PC.
>
> CHKDSK should run before XP reaches the desktop level.
>
> Alternatively, boot the PC into the XP recovery console and run CHKDSK from
> there; use the /R option, since the /F option is not supported in the
> recovery console. Here is a set of links about the recovery console:
>
> http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm
> http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm (near bottom)
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058
>
> "dratner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:E4A4DE05-AC80-47B0-8C66-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume
> >may
> > have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run
> > chkdsk
> > from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system
> > errors"
> > and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and reports
> > only
> > complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing problems
> > reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.
>
>
>

If all else fails, copy all data off the drive. Start disk management and
delete the partition on the drive, recreate the partition and format as NTFS
that way, but don't do a quick format.


"dratner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8D431BB6-A74B-471F-A6D9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Unfortunately, when I ran the chkdsk from cmd prompt, only option
> presented
> was to dismount the volume, which I did. Same result. I do not have an
> XP
> Professional CD ro run recovery console as my computer came with a restore
> partition and no OS cd. I am still unable to chkssk and convert.
>
> "Bob Harris" wrote:
>
>> CHKDSK can not fix errors, if the parition is in use.
>>
>> With the USB disk attached, open a command prompt and type CHKDSK G: /F
>> (I
>> assume that the USB disk is G:, if not use its drive letter.)
>>
>> Then, reboot the PC.
>>
>> CHKDSK should run before XP reaches the desktop level.
>>
>> Alternatively, boot the PC into the XP recovery console and run CHKDSK
>> from
>> there; use the /R option, since the /F option is not supported in the
>> recovery console. Here is a set of links about the recovery console:
>>
>> http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm
>> http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm (near bottom)
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058
>>
>> "dratner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:E4A4DE05-AC80-47B0-8C66-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume
>> >may
>> > have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run
>> > chkdsk
>> > from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system
>> > errors"
>> > and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and
>> > reports
>> > only
>> > complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing
>> > problems
>> > reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

Unfortunately, I think that is the only solution. Thank you.

"LVTravel" wrote:

> If all else fails, copy all data off the drive. Start disk management and
> delete the partition on the drive, recreate the partition and format as NTFS
> that way, but don't do a quick format.
>
>
> "dratner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8D431BB6-A74B-471F-A6D9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Unfortunately, when I ran the chkdsk from cmd prompt, only option
> > presented
> > was to dismount the volume, which I did. Same result. I do not have an
> > XP
> > Professional CD ro run recovery console as my computer came with a restore
> > partition and no OS cd. I am still unable to chkssk and convert.
> >
> > "Bob Harris" wrote:
> >
> >> CHKDSK can not fix errors, if the parition is in use.
> >>
> >> With the USB disk attached, open a command prompt and type CHKDSK G: /F
> >> (I
> >> assume that the USB disk is G:, if not use its drive letter.)
> >>
> >> Then, reboot the PC.
> >>
> >> CHKDSK should run before XP reaches the desktop level.
> >>
> >> Alternatively, boot the PC into the XP recovery console and run CHKDSK
> >> from
> >> there; use the /R option, since the /F option is not supported in the
> >> recovery console. Here is a set of links about the recovery console:
> >>
> >> http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm
> >> http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm (near bottom)
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058
> >>
> >> "dratner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:E4A4DE05-AC80-47B0-8C66-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume
> >> >may
> >> > have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run
> >> > chkdsk
> >> > from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system
> >> > errors"
> >> > and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and
> >> > reports
> >> > only
> >> > complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing
> >> > problems
> >> > reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

dratner wrote:
> I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume may
> have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run chkdsk
> from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system errors"
> and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and reports only
> complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing problems
> reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.


There would appear to be some irreparable problems with that drive.
Before doing anything else , copy any important data off the drive onto
a safe location. Then you can try deleting the existing partition,
followed by creating a new partition, and formatting it as NTFS to
restore the drive to usefulness.


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Done! Appears to work fine.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> dratner wrote:
> > I use the command line convert g: /fs:ntfs. I keep getting: The volume may
> > have inconsistencies. Run Chkdsk. The conversion failed. I have run chkdsk
> > from the Tools menu 3 times, requesting "automaically fix file system errors"
> > and "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". Chkdsk runs and reports only
> > complete, no error messages. Currently, I am not experiencing problems
> > reading and writing to the drive. Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.
>
>
> There would appear to be some irreparable problems with that drive.
> Before doing anything else , copy any important data off the drive onto
> a safe location. Then you can try deleting the existing partition,
> followed by creating a new partition, and formatting it as NTFS to
> restore the drive to usefulness.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
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> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
> killed a great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot
>

dratner wrote:
> Done! Appears to work fine.
>

Good to here.

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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
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