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Date:	Thu, 6 Oct 2005 21:54:16 PDT7
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: CHKDSK /F then what ?

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Peter,

1. You need a program called pmchklog.exe to reead the log files. It was
on an IBM website, probably gone now. Hobbes? Google!
2. Every invocation of chkdsk overwrites to log file, so if you have a
problem, SAVE the log file under some other name or directory. FWIW, a
CHKDSK.LOG with a length of 24 bytes is produced by an error-free run of
chkdsk.
3. Files named FILExxxx.CHK are files (or fragments) that chkdsk has
saved after it found a problem. You have to look at chkdsk as it is
running or look at the log with pmchklog.exe to try to determine what
the FILExxxx.CHK really are. You can also use an editor to open the file
to see if you can guess what they are. :-)) Good luck!

My suggestion would be to upgrade to JFS.

Peter Skye wrote:
> CHKDSK /F creates chkdsk.log in the root directory and sometimes creates
> FILE0000.CHK etc files also.
>
> These files aren't text. How do I analyze them to see what they
> contain, and is there some sort of repair I'm supposed to perform based
> on their contents?
>
> - Peter

--
Tom Brown, Catherder
thombrown at san dot rr dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E. & SDAA

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