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File system error is found. Consider checking the disk using Check Disk Utility.

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Hi,

I received the following error message in my system tray and in my logs when my scheduled incremental backup tried to run overnight: File system error is found. Consider checking the disk using Check Disk Utility.
 

What is the best way to troubleshoot which drive may be causing the error?  Is there a utility I should run other than Chkdsk?  Can Chkdsk be run on a solid state drive?

Thank you.

 

 

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This type of error is normally issued correctly because one of the partitions included in your backup task does have a file system error.

CHKDSK /F can be used safely on SSD drives but the error may potentially be on one of the hidden / system partitions also found on the same drive, so an alternative recommended approach is to use any diagnostic tools provided by the maker / vendor of your SSD drive.

Dedicated diagnostic utilities from the disk manufacturers take the longest time to complete the checks, but provide the most accurate methods of checking whether the disk is good or needs replacement:

 - Western Digital drives: Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows

 - Seagate disks: SeaTools for Windows

 - HGST disks: HGST Windows Drive Fitness Test (WinDFT)

 - Intel SSDs: Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox

 - Samsung drives: Samsung Magician

 - ADATA drives: ADATA SSD ToolBox

 - Kingston SSDs: Kingston SSD Toolbox, Kingston SSD Manager

 - Transcend SSDs: Transcend SSD Scope

 - Silicon Power disks: SP ToolBox

 - Toshiba disks: Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool Utility

-  Crucial disks: Crucial Storage Executive

Your error indicating file system corruption is best dealt with by chkdsk /f as Steve says on each partition on disk.  Please run the chkdsk /f from an admin command prompt or admin PowerShell prompt.  Additionally, run the chkdsk utility against all drives included in the task.  This includes the drive where your backup file is stored as well as all source disks.  If you use the Entire PC option to create your backup and your PC has more than one internal disk then Entire PC includes these additional internal disks in the backup.

Thanks everyone.  Ran chkdsk and disk utilities and turned out one of my source drives was failing.