fsutil repair
Administers and monitors NTFS self-healing repair operations. Self-healing NTFS attempts to correct corruptions of the NTFS file system online, without requiring Chkdsk.exe to be run. For more information, see Self-healing NTFS.
Syntax
fsutil repair [enumerate] <volumepath> [<logname>]
fsutil repair [initiate] <volumepath> <filereference>
fsutil repair [query] <volumepath>
fsutil repair [set] <volumepath> <flags>
fsutil repair [wait][<waittype>] <volumepath>
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| enumerate | Enumerates the entires of a volume's corruption log. |
<logname> |
Can be $corrupt, the set of confirmed corruptions in the volume or $verify, a set of potential, unverified corruptions in the volume. |
| initiate | Initiates NTFS self-healing. |
<filereference> |
Specifies the NTFS volume-specific file ID (file reference number). The file reference includes the segment number of the file. |
| query | Queries the self-healing state of the NTFS volume. |
| set | Sets the self-healing state of the volume. |
<flags> |
Specifies the repair method to be used when setting the self-healing state of the volume. This parameter can be set to three values:
|
| state | Queries the corruption state of the system or for a given volume. |
| wait | Waits for repair(s) to complete. If NTFS has detected a problem on a volume on which it is performing repairs, this option allows the system to wait until the repair is complete before it runs any pending scripts. |
[waittype {0|1}] |
Indicates whether to wait for the current repair to complete or to wait for all repairs to complete. The waittype parameter can be set to the following values:
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Examples
To enumerate the confirmed corruptions of a volume, type:
fsutil repair enumerate C: $Corrupt
To enable self-healing repair on drive C, type:
fsutil repair set c: 1
To disable self-healing repair on drive C, type:
fsutil repair set c: 0