System drive(C:) also mapped as J: ?!?!?!?!

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spinlock

From Explorer, I see a second instance of the system drive as J:. This does
not appear on Drive Management screen, only C: associated wuth system drive
there.

Everytime I boot, XPSP3 claims something wrong with J:, it runs chkdsk and
allegedly fixes a bunch of stuff, then it claims something wrong with C:,
runs chkdsk and fixes a bunch of stuff.

2 Events are logged, one for each(C:, J:), claiming that they are corrupt
and that chkdsk should be run. This happens over and over.

What the F is J:? How/where do I get rid of it?

Everything works OK, but having this J: and having "corrupt" NTFS drives is
nerve wraking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
S

spinlock

I tried fsutil volume dismount J: , but this didn't work.

From Explorer, I see a second instance of the system drive as J:. This does
not appear on Drive Management screen, only C: associated wuth system drive
there.

Everytime I boot, XPSP3 claims something wrong with J:, it runs chkdsk and
allegedly fixes a bunch of stuff, then it claims something wrong with C:,
runs chkdsk and fixes a bunch of stuff.

2 Events are logged, one for each(C:, J:), claiming that they are corrupt
and that chkdsk should be run. This happens over and over.

What is J:? How/where do I get rid of it?

Everything works OK, but having this J: and having "corrupt" NTFS drives is
nerve wraking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Uwe Sieber

spinlock said:
I tried fsutil volume dismount J: , but this didn't work.

From Explorer, I see a second instance of the system drive as J:. This
does
not appear on Drive Management screen, only C: associated wuth system drive
there.

Everytime I boot, XPSP3 claims something wrong with J:, it runs chkdsk and
allegedly fixes a bunch of stuff, then it claims something wrong with C:,
runs chkdsk and fixes a bunch of stuff.

2 Events are logged, one for each(C:, J:), claiming that they are corrupt
and that chkdsk should be run. This happens over and over.

What is J:? How/where do I get rid of it?

Everything works OK, but having this J: and having "corrupt" NTFS drives is
nerve wraking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, you are obviousely bold enough to remove the
J: mountpoint :)
Maybe fsutil sees J: as system drive, so it rejected
the request.
My tools have no such scruples.

First try DelMountpoint and then DeleteDosDevice:

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/delmountpoint.zip
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/deletedosdevice.zip


Uwe
 
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spinlock

This is a work PC, so I want to backup and migrate to new workstation that
this bug allowed me to justify!!! :>

I will try your tools by end of weekend.

thanks!
 

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