Questions[chkdsk](server)

Unfortunately I had a couple of hard resets on a machine and it seems to have damaged an NTFS partition. O/S is Windows 2012R2.

C:\Users\Administrator>chkdsk d:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is XXXXXXX.

WARNING!  F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
  18085632 file records processed.
File verification completed.
  5195 large file records processed.
  0 bad file records processed.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
  18240430 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is scanning unindexed files for reconnect to their original directory.
  1 unindexed files scanned.
An unspecified error occurred (6672732e637878 56f).

Any suggestions other than reformat/restore from backup to fix the partition?

The problem

I just entered

chkdsk d: /f /r

and the disk check started right away. I want it to run at the next restart for a number of reasons:

• I can pack up and go as needed
• It will run immediately after shipping
• Less chance for running processes to compound existing errors
• No competing disk activity (on any partition), HDD will not thrash

Right now, after I'm done writing this question, I face an hour or two of watching the screen, jiggling the mouse every five minutes when the ETA starts to climb, because some scheduled task is trying to start.

The wrong answer

fsutil dirty set d:

Unlike chkdsk when it tries to check a volume in use, this cannot set the type of check to be performed at restart.

I need to run chkdsk on my server but I don't want it to reboot and hang because it's waiting for some input. I don't have physical access to the server, I can only get to it through remote desktop. Is it possible to do the chkdsk unattended? I only need to do it once, not on a schedule.

I've used several different tools for repairing disks and have been wondering if there is a list of what exactly CHKDSK can repair? The MFT? Boot sector? Backup boot sector? Clusters? What common issues can't it fix?

I have a 40 GB USB hard drive formatted with NTFS on a PC running Windows XP Pro, SP3. I am trying to free as much space as possible. Windows Explorer tells me that I have about 200 MB of files on the drive (showing hidden and system files). When I show drive properties however it shows 73% free, around 10 GB used.

I ran CHKDSK and it found all kinds of problems.

Now running defrag and it is behaving as if there were 10 GB of files, but I can't access them anywhere.

How to find and remove this extra 10GB?