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I'm new to VMware fusion and the Mac, having being a PC user for a very long time. I really hope that you will kindly provide your expert guidance on how to run the chkdsk utility in the virtual Windows OS. I had earlier attempted to find (unsuccessfully) postings in this forum that might provide some resolution.
1) Recently, the Firefox browser completely froze twice, and I had no choice but to hard shut down the Mac. After that, error messages popped up saying "The file or directory C:\Windows\system is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the chkdsk utility.
2) I tried running the chkdsk utility according to Microsoft instructions: a) error-checking tool in Windows; and, via the b) command prompt. Either way, the chkdsk utility will not run. Error messages include: a) "The disk check could not be performed because the utility needs exclusive access to some Windows files....." I tried the scheduling but it just wouldn't run. b) "Cannot open volume for direct access. Windows has finished checking the disk."
In addition, the disk defragmentor will not run after several chkdsk attempt. The error message is: "Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run the volume: (c:). Please run chkdsk /f."
This happens on all my Windows 7 machines. If I revert the drive to February chkdsk works fine but if I immediately then instal Kaspersky definitions update, and then run chkdsk again I get the error.
where C: is the letter of the drive where Windows is installed and the /r parameter will try to repair errors and scan for bad sectors.CHKDSK in Windows VistaTo run this utility on Windows Vista computer, you can choose any of the following methods:
Throughout modern personal computer history, the mechanical hard drive has been notorious for failing at the most inopportune moments. This is why Windows users with mechanical hard drives should take a moment once a month to perform basic maintenance and run a reliable utility called chkdsk.
When used without parameters, chkdsk displays only the status of the volume and does not fix any errors. While chkdsk can be used from the Windows graphical user interface (GUI), it is most often associated with the command prompt.
This command scans for errors and then fixes the errors and marks the bad sectors, so they are never used again. To perform this task, the drive must be locked. In other words, no other applications may access the drive while chkdsk is running. If it is not possible to lock the drive, the utility will ask if you would like to run chkdsk on the next system startup.
You may run chkdsk on an SSD hard drive without damaging it, but it is generally not necessary. Modern SSD drives have their own built-in maintenance software to handle bad sectors and filing errors. Chkdsk is mostly redundant in those situations.
To run chkdsk using the Windows 11 GUI, open Windows File Explorer, navigate to the hard drive volume you would like to scan for errors and right click. From the context menu, select Properties, and then, select the Tools tab (Figure A).
On the Tools tab, click the Check button. Windows 11 might warn you that it has found no errors, but you can scan anyway. This process is the common chkdsk /f command we discussed before. To apply other parameters, you will have to switch to the command prompt.
It is important to note that if chkdsk finds errors and bad sectors on a hard drive, it will attempt to retrieve lost data before it makes repairs and marks sectors. This recovered data will not be in a form useable by its default application. It will likely only be bits of text or coded data that can be read with Notepad or another text editor. Data corrupted by a failing hard drive is generally mostly lost data, which is why it is so important to back up your data and perform regular maintenance on your storage devices.
Try using ntfsfix, which was part of the old ntfsprogs package and is now located in the ntfs-3g package (which you may already have installed).
This is a command line utility which attempts to fix common NTFS problems. It's been a while since I last used it, but it should do its job simply by typing:
I believe I once had similar reports, and I even booted into the original Windows install that made it to run chkdsk, which didn't help. But what I learned was that Linux couldn't check an NTFS partition, and it should be mounted with the fsckorder set to zero.
We have been seeing on several images suddenly, apparent corruption or read problems with our vdisks - causing users to freeze up, encounter errors, and various other issues.
We are trying to figure out exactly what is causing this. It could be coming from a problem simply on the image itself due to an improper shutdown, write error while in Private Mode, etc. - although it has shown up on several images now, so I'm looking for answers elsewhere as well.
Most recent and notable was a screenshot sent to us by a user where Windows threw up an alert that said:
"Windows - Corrupt File
The file or directory C:\Documents and Settings\ctx_cpsvcuser.\NTUSER.DAT is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility."
Note that the above referenced the original master image PC name, not the user's Standard Image name.
So I have two questions - has anyone else seen these "chkdsk" / windows corruption type problems, and what can cause this type of thing (are there known PVS issues that I should be looking at or considering), and also, is there something wrong with the Private->Standard->Private->Etc. imaging that the user's PC can reference the old master name?
Thanks
Padraig - the targets are all XenServer VMs created by XenDesktop Wizard, with the image occasionally modified by a VM in Private Mode for updates/changes. We previously hadn't noticed any problems, but recently while putting some of these images out in production I have seen many users now reporting these Windows "use chkdsk" / file corruption / type problems, and we've had to roll back to previous versions of the image - which seems to have helped in some cases. However, this could be coincidental. Since the error has shown up on several images, I am worried there is some underlying issue on the PVS side perhaps.
This is why I am wondering: is this the kind of problem you would experience, if locks were improperly released, or if vdisks were copied while in use? I know it is said not to copy vdisks while in use, etc. because "it could cause corruption" - is this the kind of corruption that is seen? If so, perhaps some mistakes were made in copying - I need to know how touchy this process is.
If that is unlikely the case, then what can be done to log/view errors in the stream process / what specifics can I look at in stream.log. If I enable logging on the vdisk itself, is there anything specific I should be looking at, and where, which log file for vdisk specifc logs?
No, I have not looked at the disk where the vdisk resides itself. They are actually being served up locally on the PVS server itself (2008). I do notice that file copies to/from the 2008 server are very slow, could this be an I/O contention? Disk space was running very low on this volume, but that has now been remedied. I have not run any kind of chkdsk or analysis on the PVS vdisk volume.
Given the above info - what are your recommendations?
Thanks!
This error CHKDSK is not available for RAW Drives pops up when running the CHKDSK tool on a drive which has crashed for some reason. It proposes that the present state of the tricky drive is RAW, means that the file format used is not identified by your OS. No worries, we recommend you a way to solve this issue but in case you need to go in detail then find more methods by visiting -chkdsk-is-not-available-for-raw-drives/
If there is any actual file corruption then chkdsk schedules a repair, and while 'spot fix' requires the disk to be dismounted briefly, there is no longer any need for a reboot if this is a data volume.
If the error is more serious, and the disk must taken offline, then the Server 2012 completes the repair in seconds rather than hours. Chkdsk's new techniques involve a lengthy, but online detection phase, followed by a very short offline phase dealing with just the disk corruption(s). Previous versions of chkdsk had to take the disk offline to run the analysis phase, which could be interminably long on large volumes.
It was only after using hard disks for 5 years that it occurred to me that disk storage could give problem. I took the view that disk failures only ever happened to other people and seemed about as likely as winning the lottery. Two disk failures later and I have now gone to the other extreme, while it's great that disk sizes continue to grow, I have become concerned that the technology is moving too fast, and disk manufactures are happy to trade extra performance for reliability. Windows Server 2012 NTFS filesystem and chkdsky utility give me confidence that my disks are providing reliable data performance.
The first tool in troubleshooting disk corruption problems is chkdsk, the problem was that in Windows Server 2008 it seemed to take for ever to analyze even a modestly sized disk. All that has changed with Server 2012's chkdsk thanks to offline analysis and spot fixing.
Check disk ( or chkdsk) is a vital Windows utility that helps to scan the file system of a disk and its metadata for logical and physical errors. It is a holdover from disk operating systems (DOS) and has been included as part of Windows OS.
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