...just to mention that no problems working & running windows, they work just
fine without any serious issues/errors...




"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e18pX2BBGHA.3584@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> After backup you might try running;
> chkdsk /r
> from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f and /p)
>
> To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows XP
> CD-Rom. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a
> Windows
> XP installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
> Recovery
> Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not
> have
> the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
> computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
> Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
> or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console
> starts
> in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
> access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk,
> fixboot,
> and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
> you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the
> hard
> disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
> root, %systemroot% or %windir%
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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>
> "bingo" wrote:
> | ..i got error from chkdsk, I run it with /F (fix) option but doesn't
> | fix...I got this error again...thanx
> |
> | 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.
> |
> | 11783644 KB total disk space.
> | 5456072 KB in 68251 files.
> | 25236 KB in 4887 indexes.
> | 0 KB in bad sectors.
> | 138920 KB in use by the system.
> | 60976 KB occupied by the log file.
> | 6163416 KB available on disk.
> |
> | 4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
> | 2945911 total allocation units on disk.
> | 1540854 allocation units available on disk.
> |
> |
>
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