ScanDisk and CHKDSK will not complete

[Don Phillipson]

Problem is ultraslow function of a Dell PC under WinXP (SP2).

ScanDisk of C:\ would not complete

and I was surprised to see its parent console appeared to

report one small FAT32 drive (no drive letter) 30 Mb

normal drive C: NTFS about 38 Gb.

I do not know what the unlettered drive is supposed to be,

possibly an artifact of either the Dell preinstal process or

Norton security system. I have disabled Norton (as likely

to interfere with diagnosis and cleanup.)

DOS CHKDSK /F reports

1. Fixed 2 corrupt attribute records.

2. Cannot continue in read-only mode.

What does this mean? MS KB seems no help at all

(finds only two instances of "read-only," both related to

removable storage devices, not to fixed hard drives.)

Does this point to either defective OS or malware?

What is the most functional safe AV/shield software for a Dell

XP PC? The user has cable Internet but is not a keen browser

or game player.

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca>

| Problem is ultraslow function of a Dell PC under WinXP (SP2).

| ScanDisk of C:\ would not complete

| and I was surprised to see its parent console appeared to

| report one small FAT32 drive (no drive letter) 30 Mb

| normal drive C: NTFS about 38 Gb.

| I do not know what the unlettered drive is supposed to be,

| possibly an artifact of either the Dell preinstal process or

| Norton security system. I have disabled Norton (as likely

| to interfere with diagnosis and cleanup.)

|

| DOS CHKDSK /F reports

| 1. Fixed 2 corrupt attribute records.

| 2. Cannot continue in read-only mode.

|

| What does this mean? MS KB seems no help at all

| (finds only two instances of "read-only," both related to

| removable storage devices, not to fixed hard drives.)

|

| Does this point to either defective OS or malware?

| What is the most functional safe AV/shield software for a Dell

| XP PC? The user has cable Internet but is not a keen browser

| or game player.

|

Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic software

respective to your hard disk. After the test, you will know if the hard disk is bad or

not..

Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)

http://support.wdc.com/download/

Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)

http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Seagate - SeaTools

http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool

http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/

Samsung - Disk manager

http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDr...ties/shdiag.htm

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

 

[Volodymyr M. Shcherbyna]

Sounds like the begining of the end of your hdd ...

--

V.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no

rights.

"Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message

news:%23O3hGDFjIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> Problem is ultraslow function of a Dell PC under WinXP (SP2).

> ScanDisk of C: would not complete

> and I was surprised to see its parent console appeared to

> report one small FAT32 drive (no drive letter) 30 Mb

> normal drive C: NTFS about 38 Gb.

> I do not know what the unlettered drive is supposed to be,

> possibly an artifact of either the Dell preinstal process or

> Norton security system. I have disabled Norton (as likely

> to interfere with diagnosis and cleanup.)

>

> DOS CHKDSK /F reports

> 1. Fixed 2 corrupt attribute records.

> 2. Cannot continue in read-only mode.

>

> What does this mean? MS KB seems no help at all

> (finds only two instances of "read-only," both related to

> removable storage devices, not to fixed hard drives.)

>

> Does this point to either defective OS or malware?

> What is the most functional safe AV/shield software for a Dell

> XP PC? The user has cable Internet but is not a keen browser

> or game player.

>

> --

> Don Phillipson

> Carlsbad Springs

> (Ottawa, Canada)

>

> </span>

 

[Delta]

Let Windows do a chkdsk at boot OR do that while in safe mode.