What does "Cleaning up X unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9" mean?

[boston17]

Hello all,

I occasionally run chkdsk on Windows XP SP2 as part of disk/filesystem
maintenance and see messages such as "Cleaning up 2 unused index
entries from index $SII of file 0x9". What does this mean? Is there a
problem with the drive?

Can anyone recommend a good book or online resource/tutorial that goes
into the nuts and bolts of the NTFS file system?

Thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255008/EN-US/

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| Hello all,
|
| I occasionally run chkdsk on Windows XP SP2 as part of disk/filesystem
| maintenance and see messages such as "Cleaning up 2 unused index
| entries from index $SII of file 0x9". What does this mean? Is there a
| problem with the drive?
|
| Can anyone recommend a good book or online resource/tutorial that goes
| into the nuts and bolts of the NTFS file system?
|
| Thanks.
|