Microsoft KB Archive/104540

= CHKDSK Finds Lost Clusters When ScanDisk Does Not =

Article ID: 104540

Article Last Modified on 11/20/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q104540



SYMPTOMS
CHKDSK may report lost clusters on a system when ScanDisk (or another third-party surface scan utility) indicates that the disk has no problems.



CAUSE
This situation occurs when you have corruption in the volume label. ScanDisk is ignoring clusters assigned to volume labels, while CHKDSK is not.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, run CHKDSK /F.

Additional query words: 6.20

Keywords: KB104540

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