Comments on: Conflicting results from chkdsk http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/conflicting-results-from-chkdsk/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:21:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tangor64 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/conflicting-results-from-chkdsk/#comment-40455 Tangor64 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:53:00 +0000 #comment-40455 Yes, chkdsk does, in fact work this way, however, there is always the possibility of hardware creating a false-positive on the error check. Your Promise controller could be flakey, but without specific diagnostics I couldn't say for certain. If you are not getting any performance degredation or errors on the new configuratiion, keep it that way and shelve the Promise card until you have time to test it. Yes, chkdsk does, in fact work this way, however, there is always the possibility of hardware creating a false-positive on the error check. Your Promise controller could be flakey, but without specific diagnostics I couldn’t say for certain. If you are not getting any performance degredation or errors on the new configuratiion, keep it that way and shelve the Promise card until you have time to test it.

]]> By: BillBald http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/conflicting-results-from-chkdsk/#comment-40456 BillBald Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:09:18 +0000 #comment-40456 Thanks for your reply. It seems very logical. Do you mind if I ask whether you know for a fact that Chkdsk works in this way, or whether it is an educated guess? You might be interested to know that I have checked the drive using Powermax, and it is apparently error-free. To run Powermax I had to switch the drive from the Promise controller to the standard IDE controller. I have left it connected to the IDE controller, and I don't seem to be getting any more errors, so I suspect the problem may have been with the Promise controller. Regards, Bill Thanks for your reply. It seems very logical.
Do you mind if I ask whether you know for a fact that Chkdsk works in this way, or whether it is an educated guess?
You might be interested to know that I have checked the drive using Powermax, and it is apparently error-free. To run Powermax I had to switch the drive from the Promise controller to the standard IDE controller. I have left it connected to the IDE controller, and I don’t seem to be getting any more errors, so I suspect the problem may have been with the Promise controller.
Regards,
Bill

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