“fsutil dirty set c:”

[bullhlms]

Hi all,

My (XP home) refuses to run chkdsk from the command line (ignores it on reboot), or to run from local disk (C/properties/tools/error checking, when either "fix" or "attempt recovery of..." is checked.
It DOES run when I set the "dirty" bit. Does anyone know what options (/f/v/r etc.) are invoked by the dirty bit?

TIA
Bull

 

[bcastner]

/f if the bit is set: "If a volume's dirty bit is set, this indicates that the file system may be in an inconsistent state. The dirty bit can be set because the volume is online and has outstanding changes, because changes were made to the volume and the computer shutdown before the changes were committed to disk, or because corruption was detected on the volume. If the dirty bit is set when the computer restarts, chkdsk runs to verify the consistency of the volume.
Every time Windows XP starts, Autochk.exe is called by the Kernel to scan all volumes to check if the volume dirty bit is set. If the dirty bit is set, autochk performs an immediate chkdsk /f on that volume. Chkdsk /f verifies file system integrity and attempts to fix any problems with the volume. "

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...odtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/fsutil_sparse.asp

 

[bcastner]

One other note: you must be a member of the Administrator group to use chkdsk. You might want to use this utility to see if a chkdsk is required; chkntfs:

https://www.microsoft.com/technet/t...net/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/chkntfs.asp

 

[bullhlms]

Thank you bcastner. That was my suspicion, since it is logical, but we all know the "other" Bill.

Bill Helms

 

[bullhlms]

Thank you bcastner. That was my suspicion, since it is logical, but we all know how logical the "other" Bill is.

Bill Helms