Err Msg: CHKDSK Detected Minor Inconsistencies on the Drive

PSS ID Number: Q106462
Article last modified on 11-15-1993

3.10
WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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In Windows NT, if you check your hard disk drive with CHKDSK in Read
Only mode and it has files currently open or in use by Windows NT, one
of the following error messages may appear:
   CHKDSK detected minor inconsistencies on the drive.
-or-
   Errors found, F parameter not specified
   Corrections will not be written to disk.
   \WINNT\SYSTEM32\RAS\DEVICE.LOG entry has a bad size
This message does not indicate that the drive or the sectors are
defective. CHKDSK cannot check the validity of the files that are open
by Windows NT. Therefore, CHKDSK reports that it has detected minor
inconsistencies.

Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory:
KBSubcategory: filsys
Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.