And this is why I like to run a plain ol' CHKDSK the first time before I commit to /F or /R or whatever.
*ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Technology Services that Maximize Business Results... * On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Mike Leone <oozerd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah, this drive is mostly empty, too, so there's not a boatload of > > files to read through and verify. And it's at the "Checking free space" > > stage now, for 2 hours. So it *should* be done by the time I either go > > to bed, or wake up tomorrow. > > If you're getting "Checking files" and "Checking free space", then > you've run CHKDSK with the /R switch. (Or something else ran it that > way.) /R tells CHKDSK to do read verification of the entire > partition. "Checking free space" means it is reading every block on > the LUN that isn't being used for something else. So the fact that > the drive is empty won't help you. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
