Chkdsk - simpler log viewer to easily tell if there were drive errors?
Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit
I'm trying to assist someone remotely. His .tib archives now show as corrupt, though were fine when I checked them in person a few weeks ago. I will have him run memtest86, and chkdsk.
Chkdsk in Windows 7 requires examination of a log in the Event Viewer, and it's far from user friendly for my non-technical friend. Is there any sort of third-party viewer that makes it easier and simpler for a non-technical person to examine Chkdsk results, to simply see whether the drive passed or had errors?
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Tuttle,
Are they showing as corrupt in Windows or from the recovery CD?
Were the tib files made with the same version of TIH as the one now installed?
Are the tib files stored on an external drive and if so what type of drive?
Chkdsk if being run on the partition that contains the operating system, will require a reboot, it will then show a DOS style window and the report it produces will be shown there.
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Hi Colin, thanks for the reply.
V.11 recovery CD says they are corrupt. He doesn't have v.11 installed currently, as his drive had to be reinstalled by the vendor. I will have him check archive validity from Windows version at some point, but I want him to run memtest and drive tests first,.
.tib images were made with v.11, same version as the recovery media.
Yes, images are on an external USB HD. I forget the brand, but the actual drive inside the enclosure is, I believe, Western Digital.
Chkdsk does display status in a window, however with a scheduled scan (necessary to scan boot HD) it closes immediately upon test completion. So, if you're not there to see it finish, you have no easy record of whether the drive passed or not. To see the results, one must go to Event Viewer, that and the log details are not user friendly.
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Not sure exactly how you might handle the logistics but my next step would be to copy the backup file to another disk and then use the TI CD to check if the file will validate.
Is the backup file one large file?
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I had the same thought. Tonight he'll run memtest and disk tests. Tomorrow I'll have him copy the .tib file to another disk and try to validate it there. If not, then I'll have him install the final build of ATI v.11 and try to validate from within that Windows ATI.
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Another option would be to create a 2012 bootable media & use that version to check for validation and/or recovery. The 2012 should read the v11 files.
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Would it? v.11 is about five years old, it was before v.2009.
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Yes. 2012 has the capability of validating a V11 backup from a 2012 CD or to restore a v11 backup. I have run a test and had no issues with a 30 GB tib file. It both validated the backup and restored the backup.
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Interesting. I'll try that, too. Thanks!
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