CHKDSK being invoked, but shouldn't be?

[Guest]

I have a brand new Western-Digital master hard drive. It worked fine for
about 10 days, but now, during boot up, I get messages saying
"Checking file system on C:
type of file System is NTFS"
(and then CHKDSK is invoked)

This is the second brand new Western-Digital HD to behave this way in 1 month.
I changed the IDE cable; no change.

CHKDSK never finds any errors, although the XP Event Viewer lists an "Event
55" (file system structure is corrupt and unuseable). I never have any
file-reading or opening problems using the drives.

If open the drives Properties/Tools and execute Error Checking, there are no
errors reported for either drive.

Also, it appears this happens only when my slave drive is attached on the
IDE cable; it does not happen when the slave drive is not attached. But XP
is complaining about the master hard drive, not the slave drive.

There is no prescheduled CHKDSK task in "Scheduled Tasks" in Control Panel.

thanks for any help

 

[R. McCarty]

In Device Manager, ATAPI/IDE controllers, click on the Primary
controller and then click the "Advanced" (Tab). Check the UDMA
mode. It should be UDMA Mode 4 or greater. Also, check the
Slave operating mode, if unpopulated set it to None.
Something is setting the drive's Dirty Flag. You need to run a Chkdsk
with the /F or /R qualifiers.
Are you using Cable Select or actually setting the drives designation
jumpers to Master/Slave ?
Some drives jumpering schemes are marked incorrectly on the drive.
Many times I've had issues with WD following the chart on the drive,
especially when designating a drive as a Slave(d) unit. I would go to
WD web-site and check the Technical Specifications/Manual files to
make sure on setting jumpers.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "wheat66" <[email protected]>

| I have a brand new Western-Digital master hard drive. It worked fine for
| about 10 days, but now, during boot up, I get messages saying
| "Checking file system on C:
| type of file System is NTFS"
| (and then CHKDSK is invoked)
|
| This is the second brand new Western-Digital HD to behave this way in 1 month.
| I changed the IDE cable; no change.
|
| CHKDSK never finds any errors, although the XP Event Viewer lists an "Event
| 55" (file system structure is corrupt and unuseable). I never have any
| file-reading or opening problems using the drives.
|
| If open the drives Properties/Tools and execute Error Checking, there are no
| errors reported for either drive.
|
| Also, it appears this happens only when my slave drive is attached on the
| IDE cable; it does not happen when the slave drive is not attached. But XP
| is complaining about the master hard drive, not the slave drive.
|
| There is no prescheduled CHKDSK task in "Scheduled Tasks" in Control Panel.
|
| thanks for any help

Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic software
respective to your hard disk. After the test, you will know if the hard disk is bad or
not..

Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/