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Ralf Maximus:
Despite chkdsk being superceded, I've found some issues chkdsk handles that scandisk won't -- and vice-versa.

chkdsk /r/f performs a full sector-by-sector scan of the whole disk surface; pack a lunch.

Oh, and tin, when you get around to formatting the volume... be sure and do a "full" format instead of a "quick" one, which assumes your bad sector table is up-to-date.

tinjaw:
chkdsk /r/f performs a full sector-by-sector scan of the whole disk surface; pack a lunch.-Ralf Maximus (November 26, 2007, 08:46 PM)
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Maybe I will let chkdsk /r/f run overnight before I do a format. Does that handle NTFS?

And yes on the full v quick, that I planned on.  ;)

Ralf Maximus:
Maybe I will let chkdsk /r/f run overnight before I do a format. Does that handle NTFS?
-tinjaw (November 26, 2007, 08:51 PM)
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Indeed it does.  Good hunting!

kimmchii:
i suggest you run chkdsk without the switch first, it will finish in less than 30sec and you will know how is the overall health of the hdd, then run the full scan.

tinjaw:
I got some hits

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File record segment 20072 is unreadable.
File record segment 20073 is unreadable.
File record segment 20074 is unreadable.
File record segment 20075 is unreadable.
...
100 percent completed.               File verification completed.

Errors found.  CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode.

Time to set up for scan on boot and reboot.

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