From: "Robert Comer" 

Sounds like a hardware problem with the drive...

- Bob Comer


"Scott"  wrote in message
news:43133185$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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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