Microsoft KB Archive/106462

Err Msg: CHKDSK Detected Minor Inconsistencies on the Drive

PSS ID Number: Q106462 Article last modified on 11-15-1993

3.10 WINDOWS

In Windows NT, if you check your hard disk drive with CHKDSK in Read Only mode and it has files currently open or in use by Windows NT, one of the following error messages may appear: CHKDSK detected minor inconsistencies on the drive. -or- Errors found, F parameter not specified Corrections will not be written to disk. .LOG entry has a bad size This message does not indicate that the drive or the sectors are defective. CHKDSK cannot check the validity of the files that are open by Windows NT. Therefore, CHKDSK reports that it has detected minor inconsistencies.

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