Check Disk Says Volume is Clean
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I ran check disk today, on a Windows x64 machine on an NTFS disk:
chkdsk /f /r
When it was finished, it says the volume is clean.
What does this mean? I've never seen this screen before when I run check disk. The same "volume is clean" message appeared once before, but I didn't tell check disk to run.
I assumed it had to do with the dual boot I had(Linux/Windows). Is this a bad thing for my hard drive?
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I ran check disk today, on a Windows x64 machine on an NTFS disk:
chkdsk /f /r
When it was finished, it says the volume is clean.
What does this mean? I've never seen this screen before when I run check disk. The same "volume is clean" message appeared once before, but I didn't tell check disk to run.
I assumed it had to do with the dual boot I had(Linux/Windows). Is this a bad thing for my hard drive?
hard-drive check-disk
edited Dec 10 '15 at 22:37
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It means that no errors are present in the file system.
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:11
@Paul - How come it never popped up before? Just this time?
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:21
What "check disk" software are you using, and what is the filesystem on the disk being checked?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:25
Windows 7 64-Bit, NTFS, and I run it from cmd using /f /r
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:35
Clean means that no errors were found, are you saying that normally you have errors reported? Can you run it again and show a screenshot?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:58
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I ran check disk today, on a Windows x64 machine on an NTFS disk:
chkdsk /f /r
When it was finished, it says the volume is clean.
What does this mean? I've never seen this screen before when I run check disk. The same "volume is clean" message appeared once before, but I didn't tell check disk to run.
I assumed it had to do with the dual boot I had(Linux/Windows). Is this a bad thing for my hard drive?
hard-drive check-disk
edited Dec 10 '15 at 22:37
Paul
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I ran check disk today, on a Windows x64 machine on an NTFS disk:
chkdsk /f /r
When it was finished, it says the volume is clean.
What does this mean? I've never seen this screen before when I run check disk. The same "volume is clean" message appeared once before, but I didn't tell check disk to run.
I assumed it had to do with the dual boot I had(Linux/Windows). Is this a bad thing for my hard drive?
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It means that no errors are present in the file system.
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:11
@Paul - How come it never popped up before? Just this time?
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:21
What "check disk" software are you using, and what is the filesystem on the disk being checked?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:25
Windows 7 64-Bit, NTFS, and I run it from cmd using /f /r
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:35
Clean means that no errors were found, are you saying that normally you have errors reported? Can you run it again and show a screenshot?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:58
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It means that no errors are present in the file system.
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:11
@Paul - How come it never popped up before? Just this time?
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:21
What "check disk" software are you using, and what is the filesystem on the disk being checked?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:25
Windows 7 64-Bit, NTFS, and I run it from cmd using /f /r
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:35
Clean means that no errors were found, are you saying that normally you have errors reported? Can you run it again and show a screenshot?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:58
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1
It means that no errors are present in the file system.
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:11
It means that no errors are present in the file system.
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:11
@Paul - How come it never popped up before? Just this time?
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:21
@Paul - How come it never popped up before? Just this time?
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:21
What "check disk" software are you using, and what is the filesystem on the disk being checked?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:25
What "check disk" software are you using, and what is the filesystem on the disk being checked?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:25
Windows 7 64-Bit, NTFS, and I run it from cmd using /f /r
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:35
Windows 7 64-Bit, NTFS, and I run it from cmd using /f /r
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:35
Clean means that no errors were found, are you saying that normally you have errors reported? Can you run it again and show a screenshot?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:58
Clean means that no errors were found, are you saying that normally you have errors reported? Can you run it again and show a screenshot?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:58
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Nope, you're not done checking your hard drive. You're getting some bad advice. This applies to chkdsk, surface scan, error checking, etc. when you select the options to recover bad sectors. There are two things that may happen here:
1) When you get the message "volume clean" it ONLY means it checked that small area on your hard drive called, "system reserved". And when you hit a key, it boots normally, but you have NOT done a surface scan or checkdisk. The key here is that it happens within seconds of your reboot.
2) If your chkdsk briefly shows it's checking and then quickly goes to a normal boot, it actually repaired or cleaned the area in system reserved.
In either of the two instances it did not do a full check on your disk. It needs to have a clean system reserve to save data while it does a full scan.
Once one of the two items above has been noted, you need to once again do a chkdsk, and you will find the normal one or two hour scan. Most people don't notice the two items above because they have to be watching the screen... usually they start the scan and walk off.
What I can't answer is why sometimes it will halt so to tell you the area is clean. I have some guesses, but they are probably wrong.
Regardless you need to run it again and expect it to run for a long time. I also might add, that "sometimes" but very seldom, it does a partial clean and requires you to clean it again. There is no prompt telling you this, as what you should be doing, and most people don't, is go into the Administrative Tools and then find the Event Viewer and look at the results of the scan from the "Application Log" of the event viewer. You search for the latest "Wininit" log and read it.
The bottom line if you see the words, "volume clean" you have fixed NOTHING. You need to run it again. This app, regardless what Microsoft calls it with each version is not fully automatic and takes a little work on your part to be sure you performed a good surface scan of your hard drive.
answered Feb 27 '16 at 12:30
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Bad advice? From whom? I would recommend editing your answer and either removing that line or clarifying your statement.
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Nope, you're not done checking your hard drive. You're getting some bad advice. This applies to chkdsk, surface scan, error checking, etc. when you select the options to recover bad sectors. There are two things that may happen here:
1) When you get the message "volume clean" it ONLY means it checked that small area on your hard drive called, "system reserved". And when you hit a key, it boots normally, but you have NOT done a surface scan or checkdisk. The key here is that it happens within seconds of your reboot.
2) If your chkdsk briefly shows it's checking and then quickly goes to a normal boot, it actually repaired or cleaned the area in system reserved.
In either of the two instances it did not do a full check on your disk. It needs to have a clean system reserve to save data while it does a full scan.
Once one of the two items above has been noted, you need to once again do a chkdsk, and you will find the normal one or two hour scan. Most people don't notice the two items above because they have to be watching the screen... usually they start the scan and walk off.
What I can't answer is why sometimes it will halt so to tell you the area is clean. I have some guesses, but they are probably wrong.
Regardless you need to run it again and expect it to run for a long time. I also might add, that "sometimes" but very seldom, it does a partial clean and requires you to clean it again. There is no prompt telling you this, as what you should be doing, and most people don't, is go into the Administrative Tools and then find the Event Viewer and look at the results of the scan from the "Application Log" of the event viewer. You search for the latest "Wininit" log and read it.
The bottom line if you see the words, "volume clean" you have fixed NOTHING. You need to run it again. This app, regardless what Microsoft calls it with each version is not fully automatic and takes a little work on your part to be sure you performed a good surface scan of your hard drive.
answered Feb 27 '16 at 12:30
Maggie Konel
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Bad advice? From whom? I would recommend editing your answer and either removing that line or clarifying your statement.
– Burgi
Mar 3 '16 at 9:20
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Nope, you're not done checking your hard drive. You're getting some bad advice. This applies to chkdsk, surface scan, error checking, etc. when you select the options to recover bad sectors. There are two things that may happen here:
1) When you get the message "volume clean" it ONLY means it checked that small area on your hard drive called, "system reserved". And when you hit a key, it boots normally, but you have NOT done a surface scan or checkdisk. The key here is that it happens within seconds of your reboot.
2) If your chkdsk briefly shows it's checking and then quickly goes to a normal boot, it actually repaired or cleaned the area in system reserved.
In either of the two instances it did not do a full check on your disk. It needs to have a clean system reserve to save data while it does a full scan.
Once one of the two items above has been noted, you need to once again do a chkdsk, and you will find the normal one or two hour scan. Most people don't notice the two items above because they have to be watching the screen... usually they start the scan and walk off.
What I can't answer is why sometimes it will halt so to tell you the area is clean. I have some guesses, but they are probably wrong.
Regardless you need to run it again and expect it to run for a long time. I also might add, that "sometimes" but very seldom, it does a partial clean and requires you to clean it again. There is no prompt telling you this, as what you should be doing, and most people don't, is go into the Administrative Tools and then find the Event Viewer and look at the results of the scan from the "Application Log" of the event viewer. You search for the latest "Wininit" log and read it.
The bottom line if you see the words, "volume clean" you have fixed NOTHING. You need to run it again. This app, regardless what Microsoft calls it with each version is not fully automatic and takes a little work on your part to be sure you performed a good surface scan of your hard drive.
answered Feb 27 '16 at 12:30
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Bad advice? From whom? I would recommend editing your answer and either removing that line or clarifying your statement.
– Burgi
Mar 3 '16 at 9:20
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Nope, you're not done checking your hard drive. You're getting some bad advice. This applies to chkdsk, surface scan, error checking, etc. when you select the options to recover bad sectors. There are two things that may happen here:
1) When you get the message "volume clean" it ONLY means it checked that small area on your hard drive called, "system reserved". And when you hit a key, it boots normally, but you have NOT done a surface scan or checkdisk. The key here is that it happens within seconds of your reboot.
2) If your chkdsk briefly shows it's checking and then quickly goes to a normal boot, it actually repaired or cleaned the area in system reserved.
In either of the two instances it did not do a full check on your disk. It needs to have a clean system reserve to save data while it does a full scan.
Once one of the two items above has been noted, you need to once again do a chkdsk, and you will find the normal one or two hour scan. Most people don't notice the two items above because they have to be watching the screen... usually they start the scan and walk off.
What I can't answer is why sometimes it will halt so to tell you the area is clean. I have some guesses, but they are probably wrong.
Regardless you need to run it again and expect it to run for a long time. I also might add, that "sometimes" but very seldom, it does a partial clean and requires you to clean it again. There is no prompt telling you this, as what you should be doing, and most people don't, is go into the Administrative Tools and then find the Event Viewer and look at the results of the scan from the "Application Log" of the event viewer. You search for the latest "Wininit" log and read it.
The bottom line if you see the words, "volume clean" you have fixed NOTHING. You need to run it again. This app, regardless what Microsoft calls it with each version is not fully automatic and takes a little work on your part to be sure you performed a good surface scan of your hard drive.
answered Feb 27 '16 at 12:30
Maggie Konel
1
Nope, you're not done checking your hard drive. You're getting some bad advice. This applies to chkdsk, surface scan, error checking, etc. when you select the options to recover bad sectors. There are two things that may happen here:
1) When you get the message "volume clean" it ONLY means it checked that small area on your hard drive called, "system reserved". And when you hit a key, it boots normally, but you have NOT done a surface scan or checkdisk. The key here is that it happens within seconds of your reboot.
2) If your chkdsk briefly shows it's checking and then quickly goes to a normal boot, it actually repaired or cleaned the area in system reserved.
In either of the two instances it did not do a full check on your disk. It needs to have a clean system reserve to save data while it does a full scan.
Once one of the two items above has been noted, you need to once again do a chkdsk, and you will find the normal one or two hour scan. Most people don't notice the two items above because they have to be watching the screen... usually they start the scan and walk off.
What I can't answer is why sometimes it will halt so to tell you the area is clean. I have some guesses, but they are probably wrong.
Regardless you need to run it again and expect it to run for a long time. I also might add, that "sometimes" but very seldom, it does a partial clean and requires you to clean it again. There is no prompt telling you this, as what you should be doing, and most people don't, is go into the Administrative Tools and then find the Event Viewer and look at the results of the scan from the "Application Log" of the event viewer. You search for the latest "Wininit" log and read it.
The bottom line if you see the words, "volume clean" you have fixed NOTHING. You need to run it again. This app, regardless what Microsoft calls it with each version is not fully automatic and takes a little work on your part to be sure you performed a good surface scan of your hard drive.
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answered Feb 27 '16 at 12:30
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answered Feb 27 '16 at 12:30
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Bad advice? From whom? I would recommend editing your answer and either removing that line or clarifying your statement.
– Burgi
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Bad advice? From whom? I would recommend editing your answer and either removing that line or clarifying your statement.
– Burgi
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Bad advice? From whom? I would recommend editing your answer and either removing that line or clarifying your statement.
– Burgi
Mar 3 '16 at 9:20
Bad advice? From whom? I would recommend editing your answer and either removing that line or clarifying your statement.
– Burgi
Mar 3 '16 at 9:20
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It means that no errors are present in the file system.
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:11
@Paul - How come it never popped up before? Just this time?
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:21
What "check disk" software are you using, and what is the filesystem on the disk being checked?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:25
Windows 7 64-Bit, NTFS, and I run it from cmd using /f /r
– user528537
Dec 10 '15 at 22:35
Clean means that no errors were found, are you saying that normally you have errors reported? Can you run it again and show a screenshot?
– Paul
Dec 10 '15 at 22:58