Vanishing disk error

[John Alan 'Sir Twist' Belli]

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I'm stumped. I run chkdsk:

C:\> chkdsk
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Boot.

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

12579808 KB total disk space.
7853207 KB in 38990 files.
14524 KB in 3450 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
76951 KB in use by the system.
28288 KB occupied by the log file.
4635125 KB available on disk.

512 bytes in each allocation unit.
25159616 total allocation units on disk.
9270250 allocation units available on disk.

So I run chkdsk /f, and reboot. The boot-time chkdsk finds no
errors. Is my disk b0rked or what?


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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Run chkdsk /r, and let it run on reboot. To check the state of the drive,
use a drive diagnostic utility from the manufacturer. These are usually free
to download and run from a bootable floppy. Be careful and read the
instructions fully, as some of the tests can wipe a drive clean of data.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org