fixmbr

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I have a seagate hard drive that is giving a few errors when I go in to
standby only.
I have ran Seagate HD Diagnostic Software and it says the HD is ok, I do
have a problem with NTFS it says but does not say what. Should I run fixmbr
in console to fix this? When I was in console and getting ready to run
fixmbr it is telling me that if I can access the drive then do not run
fixmbr. Chkdsk does work. Also if drive is dynamic then I am not getting
the errors.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 10/21/2006
Time: 1:34:59 AM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\D during a paging operation.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Ftdisk
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 57
Date: 10/21/2006
Time: 1:34:59 AM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: PlugPlayManager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 12
Date: 10/21/2006
Time: 1:35:03 AM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The device 'ST3300631A'
(IDE\DiskST3300631A______________________________3.04____\5&5e5378f&0&0.1.0)
disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal.

 

[Dave Patrick]

No, the correct command is chkdsk.

You can run chkdsk from the RC.

chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f and /p)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows XP
CD-Rom. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows
XP installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%

Be sure to have full backups in place before hand.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;885464


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I have a seagate hard drive that is giving a few errors when I go in to
| standby only.
| I have ran Seagate HD Diagnostic Software and it says the HD is ok, I do
| have a problem with NTFS it says but does not say what. Should I run
fixmbr
| in console to fix this? When I was in console and getting ready to run
| fixmbr it is telling me that if I can access the drive then do not run
| fixmbr. Chkdsk does work. Also if drive is dynamic then I am not getting
| the errors.
|
| Event Type: Warning
| Event Source: Disk
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 51
| Date: 10/21/2006
| Time: 1:34:59 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer:
| Description:
| An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\D during a paging
operation.
|
| Event Type: Warning
| Event Source: Ftdisk
| Event Category: Disk
| Event ID: 57
| Date: 10/21/2006
| Time: 1:34:59 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer:
| Description:
| The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may
occur.
|
|
| Event Type: Error
| Event Source: PlugPlayManager
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 12
| Date: 10/21/2006
| Time: 1:35:03 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer:
| Description:
| The device 'ST3300631A'
|
(IDE\DiskST3300631A______________________________3.04____\5&5e5378f&0&0.1.0)
| disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal.
|
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