Hello.
I've encountered a handful of occurrences in which W8 shows no problem with a drive, yet, there is indeed problems with the drive.
The following is a typical example of what I've been experiencing:
An HP XP system with a suspected failing hard drive. I immediately cloned it, ran a W8 chkdsk on the new drive (to correct any file system errors), installed it, and XP ran without issue.
I then fired up the old drive on my W8 system. W8 claimed no issue with the drive, and forcing the chkdsk, W8 again reported no problems found on the drive.
I then installed the drive on the XP system and went into the Recovery Console. A chkdsk, (regardless of the switch), would not run. All I got was the dreaded, "The volume has one or more unrecoverable options".
Yet another issue is occasionally W8 will claim no problem on the drive, but following the forced chkdsk, W8 claims problems on the drive and suggests a re-scan.
One last thing. In previous versions of chkdsk, we had the option to do a file system scan and/or a full surface scan. The W8 chkdsk, has no such option, but for a lack of a better term, seems to do something "in-between". Can someone please explain what exactly the W8 chkdsk is doing?
EDIT: Instead of saying, "I've encountered a handful of occurrences in which Windows 8 shows no problem with a drive, yet, there is indeed problems with the drive", I should have said, "I've encountered a handful of drives in which Windows 8 shows no problem with the drive, yet, there is indeed problems with the drive.
I've encountered a handful of occurrences in which W8 shows no problem with a drive, yet, there is indeed problems with the drive.
The following is a typical example of what I've been experiencing:
An HP XP system with a suspected failing hard drive. I immediately cloned it, ran a W8 chkdsk on the new drive (to correct any file system errors), installed it, and XP ran without issue.
I then fired up the old drive on my W8 system. W8 claimed no issue with the drive, and forcing the chkdsk, W8 again reported no problems found on the drive.
I then installed the drive on the XP system and went into the Recovery Console. A chkdsk, (regardless of the switch), would not run. All I got was the dreaded, "The volume has one or more unrecoverable options".
Yet another issue is occasionally W8 will claim no problem on the drive, but following the forced chkdsk, W8 claims problems on the drive and suggests a re-scan.
One last thing. In previous versions of chkdsk, we had the option to do a file system scan and/or a full surface scan. The W8 chkdsk, has no such option, but for a lack of a better term, seems to do something "in-between". Can someone please explain what exactly the W8 chkdsk is doing?
EDIT: Instead of saying, "I've encountered a handful of occurrences in which Windows 8 shows no problem with a drive, yet, there is indeed problems with the drive", I should have said, "I've encountered a handful of drives in which Windows 8 shows no problem with the drive, yet, there is indeed problems with the drive.
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