CHKDSk?

[ManyBeers]

I ran CHKDSK on my Fat 32 D:\drive and it left a file fragment in a folder on
the drive.
I ran CHKDSK by right clicking the drive selecting Properties and then Tools
tab and selecting Error Checking. Which notified me that in order to run it
will do so after the next reboot. The file is File0000.chk
RecoveredFileFragment 4kb. What do I do with this file fragment? And is this
a bad thing that it was found?

 

[Onsokumaru]

I ran CHKDSK on my Fat 32 D:\drive and it left a file fragment in a folder
on
the drive.
I ran CHKDSK by right clicking the drive selecting Properties and then
Tools
tab and selecting Error Checking. Which notified me that in order to run
it
will do so after the next reboot. The file is File0000.chk
RecoveredFileFragment 4kb. What do I do with this file fragment? And is
this
a bad thing that it was found?

You can try opening the file in notepad or paint etc. if you want to tyr and
determine what kind of file it is.

It simply means that for some reason a file was "lost" and this is a
recovered part of it. You could delete it safely, as usually they are
useless.

Look in Event Viewer under Applications and look for the latest WinLogon
entry. This will have the CHKDSK results. If any bad sectors are reported,
this is a bad sign. Keep an eye on this as it could be the sign of a
deteriorating HDD.

You can use a program like HD Tune, ( http://www.hdtune.com/) to look at the
SMART info for the drive.

Provided it is not happening every time you run CHKDSK, there is usually not
a problem.

Make sure you have backups.

 

[ManyBeers]

You can try opening the file in notepad or paint etc. if you want to tyr and
determine what kind of file it is.

It simply means that for some reason a file was "lost" and this is a
recovered part of it. You could delete it safely, as usually they are
useless.

Look in Event Viewer under Applications and look for the latest WinLogon
entry. This will have the CHKDSK results. If any bad sectors are reported,
this is a bad sign. Keep an eye on this as it could be the sign of a
deteriorating HDD.

You can use a program like HD Tune, ( http://www.hdtune.com/) to look at the
SMART info for the drive.

Provided it is not happening every time you run CHKDSK, there is usually not
a problem.

Make sure you have backups.

I don't think the file can be opened.; I opened it in notepad and it was all
jibberish.
It has the same icon as a dll file. Anyways I will probably delete it then.
Here is my Winlogon entry which reports no problems. Though it doesn't show
the file system check here it did perform it.
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Winlogon
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 9/28/2008
Time: 3:03:24 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MARKSCOMPUTER
Description:
Checking file system on D:
The type of the file system is FAT32.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Volume Serial Number is 8046-9C79
Windows is verifying free space...
Free space verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
6645940 KB total disk space.
1736 KB in 66 hidden files.
2344 KB in 535 folders.
2582712 KB in 7660 files.
4059144 KB are available.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
1661485 total allocation units on disk.
1014786 allocation units available on disk.

Thanks for responding.


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