On Saturday 09 January 2010 19:27:37 Stroller wrote: > I _believe_ that if you leave the USB drive, with the corrupt > filesystem, plugged in when the laptop boots, then during the boot > process the `chkdsk` will be performed.
Unfortunately not. I was hoping so too, but when I tried it I got the same BSoD. XP just will not run in the presence of this disk. > I was not aware of `ntfsfix`, and have been of the opinion that the > best way to repair a corrupt NTFS filesystem was to use `chkdsk`, this > being MS's own tool for the job. If the `chkdsk` does indeed run > during boot, I would probably do a second one, just to be sure. If you > initiate `chkdsk` at the command line, instead of using the UI as > described by Mick, you get some extra options. `chkdsk /?` I haven't yet discovered any way of getting XP running with this disk connected, more's the pity. > The problem with dd_rescue (GNU ddrescue is better, if I am > remembering the underscore spelling correctly) is that it will produce > an exact image of the disk, with the filesystem intact and (in your > case) still corrupt. Indeed, that is what it does. > However you might use this as a backup image of your starting point, to > give you multiple chances at repairing the fs using different approaches. Now I'm running out of space to store the data in. Thanks all for the suggestions.
