CHKDSK errors - I'm confused!

[jaypeecee]

Hi Folks,

I have run chkdsk several times over the last 24 hours using no switch and
/f and /r switches. Each time, errors are found, which are then corrected by
using the appropriate switch. All the errors I have seen are index-related. I
don't appear to have any bad sectors. An error that has cropped up on more
than one occasion is "Deleting an index entry from index $0 of file 25". On
the same run, I got "Detected minor inconsistencies on the drive. This is not
a corruption". To my surprise, these errors were flagged up when doing a
read-only chkdsk. If it's read-only, why does it proceed to delete index
entries?

The first time I ran chkdsk and saw errors, I thought it was a one-off. But,
having corrected the errors and run chkdsk again in read-only mode, again
there were errors. I cannot run chkdsk without some errors coming to light.

Could anyone explain why this is happening? FYI, I'm running Win XP Pro SP3.

Thanks.

JPC

 

[Gerry]

Jay

Try HD Tune only gives information and does not fix any
problems.

Download and run it and see what it turns up. You want HD Tune
(freeware) version 2.55 not HD Tune Pro (not Freeware) version 3.00.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[jaypeecee]

Hi Gerry,

I tried HD Tune and the Error Scan produced a clean bill of health - I did
the full scan. Clicking on the 'Health' tab shows the health status to be OK.

JPC

 

[Gerry]

Jay

What are your ant-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? What firewall?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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