re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 9:34 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by James S.
(7 messages posted)
Hello; I think I may have found a way to fix my problem and yours, too. If I delete
the partition the error messages are coming from when doing chkdsk, then format the
HDD in fat32, c: /fs:fat32, then on re-boot, let the o.s. xp, start loading. My recovery
cd's will auto. choose ntfs as the format to format my hdd. I have NO option of which
format when the recovery cd's either format and recovery, or, do a recovery.
***Another point I would like to make, when installing all the updates from microsoft,
do a SMALL amount at a time. Defragment. Run chkdsk. Install more updates, so on,
so on.It was suggested from a microsoft rep. to install the updates, a few at a time..After
I install i.e. 6.x s.p.1a, then I had problems trying to fix the errors, chkdsk found.
Like to add, try this, chkdsk c: /v /f, or, chkdsk c: /f ,I used to type chkdsk
c:/f (that is wrong). If you would like a little more help, contact me at:js8jim@msn.com
=>P.S. I have obsessive/compulsive habits, despite that, I have a habit of doing
chkdsk as often as I feel is necessary. Best wishes, JIM
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On Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 10:27 am, Jim wrote:
>All these problems seem all too familiar. Had built my machine in March....ran great
with XP home (NTFS). About a month ago my hard drive (120 GB Maxtor) crashed after
a reboot. Just a simple reboot. Received message "disk read error" (or something
like that). I had no problems till then. The only thing I had done was 2 weeks prior
to this crash was installl extra memory. And 1 week prior install a sencond hard
drive (120 GB Maxtor) to my RAID promise controler. I took the hard drive out and
slaved it off another XP machine. Upon trying to gain excess to this drive I recieved
the error "file or directory is corrupted and unreadable". Cost me $500.00 to have
a recovery place retrieve all my lost pictures and imoprtant files (like a fool did
not back-up on CD). Anyway, I purchased a new hard drive, another 120 GB maxtor hard
drive, formated with NTFS WINXP, and loaded some of my programs, email, etc. Suddenly
a few days later started getting file corruptions again. Messages told me to run
check disk. When I went to run check disk (under tools and check now) nothing would
happen. Almost like a dead function. I click the button and nothing would happen.
I used the command window and typed in "CHKDSK" and I would recieve the messsage
"file or directory is corrupted and unreadable". I could not even used the check
disk to fix the disk. The diagnostics of winXP was corrupted. I rebooted with a continuous
reboot happening over and over again. WinXP would not boot up. I slaved the drive
off my working XP machine and gained access to the files in there, with a bunch missing
(like outlook PST files). I used this second XP machine to do a CHKDSK on this screwed
up drive......found problems and fixed them. But, it would still not function in
my main computer, just keep rebooting by itself. Now my second machine running XP
has been a dream. Not one problem. Both using an NTFS format. Only difference is
my main machine uses a RAID controller with two 120 GB maxtor hard drives (one being
the boot drive).
>
>I redid the hard drive with a fresh NTFS load and winXP, using the win XP disk for
this. Ran great for a few days, then a file corruption came up. Quickly ran CHKDSK.
Found problems, fixed them, and kept running fine. So whats the real sollution here?
Run CHKDSK every chance you get?? Kill the power suddenly instead of letting winXP
shut it down.....does that include a reboot??? Try some of the suggestions from above??
>
>I have to use NTFS for my file system because I connect my DV camera to the computer
and save my video to the hard drive for converting over to a DVD format to burn to
a DVD. Most of these files are over 4 GB which a FAT32 does not support.
>
>So any more ideas would be great help. Thanks.
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