Chkdsk error

[miyuki09]

I'm using windows 2003 server as desktop, and chksdsk return this results:

Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.

Volume label is C.

A disk check has been scheduled.

Windows will now check the disk.

Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.

Cleaning up 975 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 975 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 975 unused security descriptors.

CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the

master file table (MFT) bitmap.

Windows has made corrections to the file system.

12064783 KB total disk space.

5960348 KB in 21157 files.

6104 KB in 2684 indexes.

0 KB in bad sectors.

88027 KB in use by the system.

62384 KB occupied by the log file.

6010304 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

3016195 total allocation units on disk.

1502576 allocation units available on disk.

i have reinstallad the intire system and again the same error in chkdsk

something to worry about? i'm losting files / system performance?

every time i reboot and re-scan my hdd with chkdsk i get the same report

thank you

Edited June 12, 2008 by miyuki09

[Tripredacus]

It is possible that your drive is indeed failing. It is also possible to make Chkdsk destroy a HDD by constantly running it!

Back when I worked for a college, my co-worker made up a lab environ where he ran CHKDSK over and over for about 10 hours on a machine, and the total good sectors started at 100% and he got it down to 36% by the time he left to go home. So if your disk is going bad (physically bad and not file-system bad) chkdsk has the capability of destroying it on you.

If you feel that it is indeed failing you should mirror it (image) to a replacement drive.

[allen2]

I would also backup the data and try to check it with the testing software from the drive maker (seagate/western digital/hitachi/samsung each of them have a tool to check the physical integrity of the drive.). Also did you removed the partition and recreated it when you reinstalled ?