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lukthemighty

CHKDSK DISCOVERED FREE SPACE MARKED AS ALLOCATED IN THE VOLUME BITMAP

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CORRECTING ERRORS IN THE VOLUME BITMAP

I’m taking these messageswen I run chkdsk without parameters from
cmd, but not always.
I’ve run chkdsk c: /r from the recovery console, also with f and r
from a bartpe boot cd. Of course I also did through windows with the
restart that is required, twice, one from "properties-tools" right
clicling c: on my computer
and by cmd.
I get no problems on results. "the voume is clean" or "there are no
problems with the file system"

I"ve heard tat chkdsk without parameters on the actine partition is
not to trust because it can’t lock the partition, but till now I had
not seen this message to my computer, but only to others.

I also take the message "SOME FILES ON THIS VOLUME COULD NOT BE
DEFRAGMENTED. CHECK THE LIST."
The defrag process seems to be done normally without problems, it does
not stop letting c: unpartitioned. But the list with not defragmented
files is empty.
I know for page file and other files that cannot be defragmented, but
I was never getting this message and I’v never seen this even on
heavily fragmented drives.

I have two primary partitions c with windows and other software
installed and with data only. I’m taking tese messages when i work
on c. I hano other real problem.

Through to search i read about corrupted disk and emergency situation
and others saying it’s no problem.

The problem appeared afterI I installed the last KB90... updates. no
other change was made. Iread about kb902400 problems to some users but
these are very different. I do not have such problems.

I have cheched for "alliens" with AVG, ADWARE, SPYBOT. All updated, I
found nothing.

It has passed almost a week and no problems.

First of all Iwant to know if my data on d are in danger???
Do i need to reformat c to fix this or to do a full and clear
reinstall?
Or it should not bother me at all?

(I ’ve seen pcs with such defrag problems and maybe worst, working
well for a long time till format was needed for different-alternative
reasons. The chkdsk bothers me more as I have not seen sth like this
till now)
 
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Guest

The message you got is normal,usually the only time you'll see it though
is the 1st time CHKDSK is run,after that you'll never get it again.
 
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Wesley Vogel

[[NTFS File System Corruption
In very rare circumstances, the NTFS Metafiles $MFT or $BITMAP may become
corrupted and result in lost disk space. This issue can be identified and
fixed by running a chkdsk /F against the volume in question. Toward the end
of chkdsk, you receive the following message if the $BITMAP needs to be
adjusted:

Correcting errors in the master file table's (MFT) BITMAP attribute.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system. ]]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303079#XSLTH3206121122120121120120

How to Locate and Correct Disk Space Problems on NTFS Volumes
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303079


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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