File System Damaged. Next Steps?

[Digitalink2008]

Hello,

 

I've just received my first "File System Damaged" notification. The notification comes on a WD Red 6TB drive that is part of a 2 drive pool. Its a storage drive not my OS drive. I wanted to ask what the proper next step is because I do not see any sort of remediation function in the UI.

 

Thanks much,

D.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Ok, so I found the UI element that lets me attempt the repair. However, it continually fails its task. I used Process Explorer to look for open handles to the drive in question and found none. I then decided to run CHKDSK manually. An initial pass with the command "chkdsk d:\" reported a bitmap error and suggested a "chkdsk d:\ /scan". I then ran that command and it completed reporting that the file system was clean. No errors. I then set the filesystem to unchecked in Stablebit Scanner. I initiated another file system check and was then again notified of a damaged file system once again. Not sure if I'm missing something here or what.

 

D

 

Do not run "/scan".   This actually skips the bitmap errors, for the sake of keeping the disk online.

 

You need to run "chkdsk d: /f", in this case, rather than "/scan". This will identify and fix the issues.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

There should be a notification in the UI, and from there, you should be prompted to repair the drive. 

 

http://stablebit.com/Support/Scanner/2.X/Manual?Section=File%20System%20Scanning

[Digitalink2008]

Ok, so I found the UI element that lets me attempt the repair. However, it continually fails its task. I used Process Explorer to look for open handles to the drive in question and found none. I then decided to run CHKDSK manually. An initial pass with the command "chkdsk d:\" reported a bitmap error and suggested a "chkdsk d:\ /scan". I then ran that command and it completed reporting that the file system was clean. No errors. I then set the filesystem to unchecked in Stablebit Scanner. I initiated another file system check and was then again notified of a damaged file system once again. Not sure if I'm missing something here or what.

 

D

[otispresley]

Hmmm, this is starting to look like the same thing we have going in the other thread:

http://community.covecube.com/index.php?/topic/1019-damaged-file-system-error-will-not-clear/

[Digitalink2008]

Thanks Drashna, that got me fixed up. My drive is back to a healthy state and all is well.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Glad to hear it, and you're very welcome!

 

And if it makes you feel better, I got caught up by this "trick" as well.