Gary
Sun Mar 09 08:41:42 PDT 2008
"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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> "SANTANDER" <santander@microsoft.news> wrote in message
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>> Some applications hung up, so I restarted computer. After restart, system
>> start ScanDisk to check hard drive for errors. In log file, there was
>> some
>> info:
>>
>> File system: There was one lost cluster. ScanDisk reclaimed the lost
>> cluster
>> as free space.
>
> The disk storage is logically divvied up into "clusters". Clusters
> typically contain 2 to 64 KB or more of storage. Each cluster has an
> address. Logical data is mapped to those physical storage addresses in the
> "File Allocation Tables" (FATs). There is
>
>> Does this mean logical error, not physical damage of disk surface? Is it
>> safe for hard drive?
>
> 'Yes', 'no damage', and 'yes'.
>
>> Does it possible find the damaged file and remove it?
>
> The damage, if any, was already mostly cleaned up. This was the rest of
> cleanup.
>
> This error results from the FAT not being completely and accurately
> updated during some past disk operation. If you get cross-linked files,
> for instance, you usually get lost clusters, too. Or, if a crash left a
> non-saved file that "almost disappeared", or otherwise interrupted a disk
> operation. The garbage may have been around a while, too, and not from
> this crash.
>
>> How to make Thorough test without fixing anything?
>
> Add the switch /checkonly.
> Command-Line Parameters for the Scandisk Tool
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/199557
>
Sorry, I thought you were asking about a command-line prompt. It's the only
way to do exactly what you asked to do.
SCANDISK /CHECKONLY /SURFACE
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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com