Microsoft KB Archive/329394

= Long Delays Occur When You Run Chkdsk.exe =

Article ID: 329394

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

-



This article was previously published under Q329394



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Chkdsk.exe utility to troubleshoot and fix hard disk problems, you may experience long delays while this utility verifies the hard disk partition.



Service Pack Information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix Information
To resolve this issue, install the version of Chkdsk.exe that is included with Microsoft Windows XP. This version of Chkdsk.exe increases performance and works with the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system. A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date        Time   Version        Size     File name --- 05-Aug-2002 20:31  5.0.2195.5996  559,888  Autochk.exe 29-May-2001 12:16  5.0.2195.3649   13,072  Chkdsk.exe 25-Sep-2002 17:14  5.0.2195.4066   17,680  Fmifs.dll 25-Sep-2002 17:14  5.0.2195.3649   66,832  Ifsutil.dll 25-Sep-2002 17:14  5.0.2195.3649   83,216  Ufat.dll 25-Sep-2002 17:14  5.0.2195.3649  260,880  Ulib.dll 25-Sep-2002 17:14  5.0.2195.5996  304,400  Untfs.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
Chkdsk.exe is the command-line interface for a program that verifies the logical integrity of a file system in Windows. When Chkdsk.exe encounters logical inconsistencies, it performs actions to repair file system data if it is not in read-only mode.



For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

Additional query words: CheckDisk Check Disk

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp4fix kbqfe kboswin2000fix kbwin2ksp4fix kbhotfixserver KB329394

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.