Chkdsk

[TC]

Greetings,

Does anybody know if Microsoft (or someone else) found a
solution for Knowledge Base article Q823439 - "Cannot Open
Volume for Direct Access" Error Message When Chkdsk Runs
at Startup?
As chkdsk reports errors in file system and cannot run to
fix it, I am considering to format the partition. But the
problem is occuring on a server and I do not like the idea.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi

When chkdsk reports errors in file system that means the files used on the disk in the bad sectors are unusuable and formatting is the only choice left. Formatting the hard disk removes all the bad sectors and restores the hard disk to a fresh state. In your case if you do not want to reformat ur disk u can take the hard disk to a hard disk vendor and request them to check ur disk for errors which might be fixed without reformatting under certain circumstances.

Regard
M. Rajes
..Net and Windows Shell MV
www.winxpsolution.co


----- TC wrote: ----


Greetings

Does anybody know if Microsoft (or someone else) found a
solution for Knowledge Base article Q823439 - "Cannot Open
Volume for Direct Access" Error Message When Chkdsk Runs
at Startup?
As chkdsk reports errors in file system and cannot run to
fix it, I am considering to format the partition. But the
problem is occuring on a server and I do not like the idea

Thank

 

[Richard Urban]

Wow! I wasn't aware that a format would repair "physically" defective
sectors. I have a few old hard drives I guess I can reuse. (-;

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

Hi,

When chkdsk reports errors in file system that means the files used on the

disk in the bad sectors are unusuable and formatting is the only choice
left. Formatting the hard disk removes all the bad sectors and restores the
hard disk to a fresh state. In your case if you do not want to reformat ur
disk u can take the hard disk to a hard disk vendor and request them to
check ur disk for errors which might be fixed without reformatting under
certain circumstances.

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:21:03 -0700, M. Rajesh

When chkdsk reports errors in file system that means the files
used on the disk in the bad sectors are unusuable and formatting
is the only choice left.

Hoy, this doesn't make any sense at all; maybe the context will help
(when we come to it later).

For starters, most ChkDsk errors are going to be about file system
logic, not bad sectors (or rather, clusters that contain bad sectors)
unless you're referring to the results of a ChkDsk /R

Next; formatting is a poor "solution" for bad sectors. A modern hard
drive should have no visible bad sectors whatsoever, be they as seen
by ChkDsk /R (and marked bad so not used) or by Format (which also
simply marks them as not to be used).

The solution for a HD with bad sectors ir replacement of that HD.

Formatting the hard disk removes all the bad sectors and restores
the hard disk to a fresh state.

These "fixes" do no more and no less than:
- hoping the HD's firmware will auto-fix bad sectors on the fly
- hoping NTFS's code will auto-fix bad sectors on the fly
- hoping ChkDsk /R will mark all sectors as bad and not for use
- hoping a format will mark all sectors as bad and not for use

----- TC wrote: -----

Does anybody know if Microsoft (or someone else) found a
solution for Knowledge Base article Q823439 - "Cannot Open
Volume for Direct Access" Error Message When Chkdsk Runs
at Startup?
As chkdsk reports errors in file system and cannot run to
fix it, I am considering to format the partition. But the
problem is occuring on a server and I do not like the idea.

You need to:

1) STOP using that HD in Windows!
2) Evacuate data off that HD
3) Then download your HD vendor's diagnostics to test the HD
4) If under warranty and defective as per (3), replace for free
5) If no warranty and defective as per (3), replace for fee

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