NTFS files corrupted with chksk

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Had a quite unpleasant experience, I was wondering if I could get some
directions...
I have a Maxtor Hard Drive 160G partitioned as 2 logical drives and
NTFS formatted with Windows 2000 SP4. It worked fine for about 3
months. Recently I ran a Digital Video software which looked fairly
I/O intensive. Had 3 NTFS crashes in span of 2 days, recorded in
System Log as "Drive unrecognizable- Event 5", immediately followed
by chkdsk at reboot. Even if chkdsk took a lot of time finished
"successfully", but the major surprise was that all files (zip, doc,
pdf, exe ...) were internally corrupted and completely unrecognizable!
After this I downloaded a hard drive test from Maxtor which completed
successful. Does this point to hardware or software issue? Should I
"blame" my video software?
Surprised to find little information on Web regarding this "virus
like" behavior for chkdsk.

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You may want to look into getting a copy of spinrite ver 6 from grc.com .


"steola" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
news:3_1702763_f27cc1a35662e9e1ed2efede99e6c37b@windowsforumz.com...
> Had a quite unpleasant experience, I was wondering if I could get some
> directions...
> I have a Maxtor Hard Drive 160G partitioned as 2 logical drives and
> NTFS formatted with Windows 2000 SP4. It worked fine for about 3
> months. Recently I ran a Digital Video software which looked fairly
> I/O intensive. Had 3 NTFS crashes in span of 2 days, recorded in
> System Log as "Drive unrecognizable- Event 5", immediately followed
> by chkdsk at reboot. Even if chkdsk took a lot of time finished
> "successfully", but the major surprise was that all files (zip, doc,
> pdf, exe ...) were internally corrupted and completely unrecognizable!
> After this I downloaded a hard drive test from Maxtor which completed
> successful. Does this point to hardware or software issue? Should I
> "blame" my video software?
> Surprised to find little information on Web regarding this "virus
> like" behavior for chkdsk.
>
> --
> Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's
request
> Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards
> Topic URL:
http://www.windowsforumz.com/General-Discussion-NTFS-files-corrupted-chksk-ftopict540697.html
> Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse:
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"steola" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
news:3_1702763_f27cc1a35662e9e1ed2efede99e6c37b@windowsforumz.com...
> Had a quite unpleasant experience, I was wondering if I could get some
> directions...
> I have a Maxtor Hard Drive 160G partitioned as 2 logical drives and
> NTFS formatted with Windows 2000 SP4. It worked fine for about 3
> months. Recently I ran a Digital Video software which looked fairly
> I/O intensive. Had 3 NTFS crashes in span of 2 days, recorded in
> System Log as "Drive unrecognizable- Event 5", immediately followed
> by chkdsk at reboot. Even if chkdsk took a lot of time finished
> "successfully", but the major surprise was that all files (zip, doc,
> pdf, exe ...) were internally corrupted and completely unrecognizable!
> After this I downloaded a hard drive test from Maxtor which completed
> successful. Does this point to hardware or software issue? Should I
> "blame" my video software?
> Surprised to find little information on Web regarding this "virus
> like" behavior for chkdsk.
>
> --
> Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's
request
> Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards
> Topic URL:
http://www.windowsforumz.com/General-Discussion-NTFS-files-corrupted-chksk-f
topict540697.html
> Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse:
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You do have 48 bit LBA enabled in the registry, don't you?
If not then that's the source of your problem.
You must do this manually, it ain't automatic.

 

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"j9" wrote:
> You may want to look into getting a copy of spinrite ver 6
> from grc.com .
>
>
> "steola" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
> news:3_1702763_f27cc1a35662e9e1ed2efede99e6c37b@windowsforumz.com...
> > Had a quite unpleasant experience, I was wondering if I
> could get some
> > directions...
> > I have a Maxtor Hard Drive 160G partitioned as 2 logical
> drives and
> > NTFS formatted with Windows 2000 SP4. It worked fine for
> about 3
> > months. Recently I ran a Digital Video software which looked
> fairly
> > I/O intensive. Had 3 NTFS crashes in span of 2 days,
> recorded in
> > System Log as "Drive unrecognizable- Event 5", immediately
> followed
> > by chkdsk at reboot. Even if chkdsk took a lot of time
> finished
> > "successfully", but the major surprise was that all files
> (zip, doc,
> > pdf, exe ...) were internally corrupted and completely
> unrecognizable!
> > After this I downloaded a hard drive test from Maxtor which
> completed
> > successful. Does this point to hardware or software issue?
> Should I
> > "blame" my video software?
> > Surprised to find little information on Web regarding this
> "virus
> > like" behavior for chkdsk.
> >
> > --
> > Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's
> request
> > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet
> standards
> > Topic URL:
> http://www.windowsforumz.com/General-Discussion-NTFS-files-corrupted-chksk-ftopict540697.html
> > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report
> abuse:
> http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1702763

thanks for reply, not aware of: <<48 bit LBA enabled in the registry>>
I will definitely check.
Two small corrections to my initial email:
- the event id for ntfs crash was: #55.
- I used initially Partition Magic to format the hard-drive!? After
the incident I used Maxtor tool.

 

[dl]

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So why did you not partition using the win2k installation cd, or disk
management if a slave disk?

"steola" <DoNotEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
news:3_1713198_ae6d9763c774d89396babcb3ec071440@windowsforumz.com...
> "j9" wrote:
> > You may want to look into getting a copy of spinrite ver 6
> > from grc.com .
> >
> >
> > "steola" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
> > news:3_1702763_f27cc1a35662e9e1ed2efede99e6c37b@windowsforumz.com...
> > > Had a quite unpleasant experience, I was wondering if I
> > could get some
> > > directions...
> > > I have a Maxtor Hard Drive 160G partitioned as 2 logical
> > drives and
> > > NTFS formatted with Windows 2000 SP4. It worked fine for
> > about 3
> > > months. Recently I ran a Digital Video software which looked
> > fairly
> > > I/O intensive. Had 3 NTFS crashes in span of 2 days,
> > recorded in
> > > System Log as "Drive unrecognizable- Event 5", immediately
> > followed
> > > by chkdsk at reboot. Even if chkdsk took a lot of time
> > finished
> > > "successfully", but the major surprise was that all files
> > (zip, doc,
> > > pdf, exe ...) were internally corrupted and completely
> > unrecognizable!
> > > After this I downloaded a hard drive test from Maxtor which
> > completed
> > > successful. Does this point to hardware or software issue?
> > Should I
> > > "blame" my video software?
> > > Surprised to find little information on Web regarding this
> > "virus
> > > like" behavior for chkdsk.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's
> > request
> > > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet
> > standards
> > > Topic URL:
> >
http://www.windowsforumz.com/General-Discussion-NTFS-files-corrupted-chksk-ftopict540697.html
> > > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report
> > abuse:
> > http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1702763
>
> thanks for reply, not aware of: <<48 bit LBA enabled in the registry>>
> I will definitely check.
> Two small corrections to my initial email:
> - the event id for ntfs crash was: #55.
> - I used initially Partition Magic to format the hard-drive!? After
> the incident I used Maxtor tool.

 

[Guest]

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"DL" wrote:
> So why did you not partition using the win2k installation cd,
> or disk
> management if a slave disk?
>
> "steola" <DoNotEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
> news:3_1713198_ae6d9763c774d89396babcb3ec071440@windowsforumz.com...
> > "j9" wrote:
>  > > You may want to look into getting a copy of
> spinrite ver 6
>  > > from grc.com .
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > "steola" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com>
> wrote in message
>  > >
> news:3_1702763_f27cc1a35662e9e1ed2efede99e6c37b@windowsforumz.com...
>   > > > Had a quite unpleasant experience, I was
> wondering if I
>  > > could get some
>   > > > directions...
>   > > > I have a Maxtor Hard Drive 160G partitioned
> as 2 logical
>  > > drives and
>   > > > NTFS formatted with Windows 2000 SP4. It
> worked fine for
>  > > about 3
>   > > > months. Recently I ran a Digital Video
> software which looked
>  > > fairly
>   > > > I/O intensive. Had 3 NTFS crashes in span
> of 2 days,
>  > > recorded in
>   > > > System Log as "Drive unrecognizable- Event
> 5", immediately
>  > > followed
>   > > > by chkdsk at reboot. Even if chkdsk took a
> lot of time
>  > > finished
>   > > > "successfully", but the major surprise was
> that all files
>  > > (zip, doc,
>   > > > pdf, exe ...) were internally corrupted and
> completely
>  > > unrecognizable!
>   > > > After this I downloaded a hard drive test
> from Maxtor which
>  > > completed
>   > > > successful. Does this point to hardware or
> software issue?
>  > > Should I
>   > > > "blame" my video software?
>   > > > Surprised to find little information on Web
> regarding this
>  > > "virus
>   > > > like" behavior for chkdsk.
>   > > >
>   > > > --
>   > > > Posted using the
> http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's
>  > > request
>   > > > Articles individually checked for
> conformance to usenet
>  > > standards
>   > > > Topic URL:
>  > >
> http://www.windowsforumz.com/General-Discussion-NTFS-files-corrupted-chksk-ftopict540697.html
>   > > > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg.
> req'd). Report
>  > > abuse:
>  > > http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1702763
> >
> > thanks for reply, not aware of: <<48 bit LBA enabled
> in the registry>>
> > I will definitely check.
> > Two small corrections to my initial email:
> > - the event id for ntfs crash was: #55.
> > - I used initially Partition Magic to format the
> hard-drive!? After
> > the incident I used Maxtor tool.

excellent point! For some reason at the moment I was under the
impression that only partition magic can handle this size of
hard-drive... I think the confusion originated in the difference
between FAT32-NTFS. Do you think the cause could be partition magic ?

 

[dl]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?)

I have seen, and read of, problems caused when using a third party
partitioning tool, prior to installing win*
You might also want to check the MS enablelargeLba kb article.- it states
that if the reg.entry is not added, even if the version of win2k supports
largelba, corruption can occur
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098


"steola" <DoNotEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
news:3_1715484_135af2180a3db8839c1473c77e2e3cd0@windowsforumz.com...
> "DL" wrote:
> > So why did you not partition using the win2k installation cd,
> > or disk
> > management if a slave disk?
> >
> > "steola" <DoNotEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
> > news:3_1713198_ae6d9763c774d89396babcb3ec071440@windowsforumz.com...
> > > "j9" wrote:
> >  > > You may want to look into getting a copy of
> > spinrite ver 6
> >  > > from grc.com .
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > "steola" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com>
> > wrote in message
> >  > >
> > news:3_1702763_f27cc1a35662e9e1ed2efede99e6c37b@windowsforumz.com...
> >   > > > Had a quite unpleasant experience, I was
> > wondering if I
> >  > > could get some
> >   > > > directions...
> >   > > > I have a Maxtor Hard Drive 160G partitioned
> > as 2 logical
> >  > > drives and
> >   > > > NTFS formatted with Windows 2000 SP4. It
> > worked fine for
> >  > > about 3
> >   > > > months. Recently I ran a Digital Video
> > software which looked
> >  > > fairly
> >   > > > I/O intensive. Had 3 NTFS crashes in span
> > of 2 days,
> >  > > recorded in
> >   > > > System Log as "Drive unrecognizable- Event
> > 5", immediately
> >  > > followed
> >   > > > by chkdsk at reboot. Even if chkdsk took a
> > lot of time
> >  > > finished
> >   > > > "successfully", but the major surprise was
> > that all files
> >  > > (zip, doc,
> >   > > > pdf, exe ...) were internally corrupted and
> > completely
> >  > > unrecognizable!
> >   > > > After this I downloaded a hard drive test
> > from Maxtor which
> >  > > completed
> >   > > > successful. Does this point to hardware or
> > software issue?
> >  > > Should I
> >   > > > "blame" my video software?
> >   > > > Surprised to find little information on Web
> > regarding this
> >  > > "virus
> >   > > > like" behavior for chkdsk.
> >   > > >
> >   > > > --
> >   > > > Posted using the
> > http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's
> >  > > request
> >   > > > Articles individually checked for
> > conformance to usenet
> >  > > standards
> >   > > > Topic URL:
> >  > >
> >
http://www.windowsforumz.com/General-Discussion-NTFS-files-corrupted-chksk-ftopict540697.html
> >   > > > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg.
> > req'd). Report
> >  > > abuse:
> >  > > http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1702763
> > >
> > > thanks for reply, not aware of: <<48 bit LBA enabled
> > in the registry>>
> > > I will definitely check.
> > > Two small corrections to my initial email:
> > > - the event id for ntfs crash was: #55.
> > > - I used initially Partition Magic to format the
> > hard-drive!? After
> > > the incident I used Maxtor tool.
>
> excellent point! For some reason at the moment I was under the
> impression that only partition magic can handle this size of
> hard-drive... I think the confusion originated in the difference
> between FAT32-NTFS. Do you think the cause could be partition magic ?

 

[fyz]

Hi,

There is a tool called Advanced PDF Repair. I have used it to repair many corrupt PDF files on my damaged disks successfully. Its homepage is http://www.datanumen.com/apdfr/

Hope this helps.

Alan