Dirty Drive bit set

[Broadback]

When I tried to make a regular back-up using Ghost it would not allow me because the "Dirty Bit" is set on my system drive c: I have tried running Chkdsk and Chkntfs from the Command but though I set the "y" option nothing happens on re-boot.

I can however run Chkdsk using the graphical version but it fails with the message NTFS unable to open. This problem occurred after a recent power failure, not infrequent here, but this has never happened before.

My system is running fine with no errors, if I had not tried to use Ghost I would not have realised there was a problem.

I have tried doing Windows restore to the earliest I have, which is well before the power fail, to no effect.

Any suggestions please?

 

[FarFarAway]

I'd suggest you've got a bad sector on your HDD.

The only thing I could think of would be an FDISK or total format and re-install. Obviously that would get rid of all your files unless you backed up

Sounds like the hard drive has some physical errors on it. How old is it?

Have you tried running speedfan or your HDD manufactorers S.M.A.R.T. program to read whether the drive is in good condition?

Lots of manufactorers provide tools for checking your HDD's: check their website

 

[FragTek]

Wirelessly posted (Nextel. Done. |: BlackBerry7520/4.0.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

I suggest enabling SMART in the bios if ur hd is smart compatible so that u might be able to locate any bad sectors if there are any.

This of course only applies if ur not running a raid setup, as smart can not check raided disks (I know from personal experience, shitty I know).

Give kemps suggestions a shot, but does seem that u possibly have a bad sector on ur hd where core windows system files are being stored.

 

[Broadback]

Thanks for the replies, :worship: I am putting off anything drastic until I have finished some important work, just in case I screw everything up. I tried loading from a recovery CD but it required the administrators passwor, which I have never set.

 

[FragTek]

Thanks for the replies, :worship: I am putting off anything drastic until I have finished some important work, just in case I screw everything up. I tried loading from a recovery CD but it required the administrators passwor, which I have never set.

That's a bugger... There's a bootable program that you can load on a CD that will let you change your computer users passwords. Including the admin password.

Unfortunately I can't think of the name of this program right now... I have it laying around somewhere on a disk.

 

[Broadback]

I have actually found a programe that will send your passwords off to a chap who then decodes them. Strangely when I tried it the programme said there were no passwords set. So tomorrow I will try to set the password and see what happens.

Cheers

John

 

[Broadback]

Thanks for everones help, I have now resolved the problem with help, I was given this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ll/310994/WIN98MeXP/EN-US/WinXP_EN_HOM_BF.EXE ve me Window XP Home bootable, that loaded fine, I then went into Recovery and was able to run chkdsk on drive C:

My apologies for now being able to format the http as a link, tried html but it didn't work. Thought it worth posting here in case someone else is looking for a resolution

All is now well!