From: Scott 

Scott wrote:

Odd, still getting directory errors although I reformatted the disk and
then restored it with all files replaced (wasn't the recommended method
according to ntbackup; it wanted to keep files, newer I think).

Could it be an odd corruption in the OS files?

> Good morning all!
>
> My problem, to get to it, is a hard drive issue/
>
> I Ghosted a copy of my previous drive (80 gig) to a newer 100 gig.
>
> The previous drive has already been retasked.
>
> But now, I'm getting a drive geometry error:
>
> CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
> master file table (MFT) bitmap.
> CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
> Windows found problems with the file system.
> Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.
>
>
> I have run chkdsk multiple times both in /f and /r modes; no joy.
>
> Also, on occasion, I get "Orphaned file" and
"Truncating extents"
> errors. This is obviously serious.
>
> So... I've done an NTBACKUP of the drive. I'd like to know what the
> proper restore should be. Also, was there something I should have done
> in the backup to ensure (besides verify which I did, no errors) it's
> proper restore?
>
> Scott/SpiritWolf

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