File system corruption message

Question

when i log on i get the following message.. Disc checking is turned off

Also Restore option will not work, getting this message, File system corruption on local disc C, cannot use restore either..?

Answer 1

Hi Cheshire,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand how frustrating it could be when things do not work as expected. Please do not worry I will try my best to resolve it.

As I understand that you are getting “File system corruption message” and restore option is not working”.

Method 1

For the issues related to File system corruption I would suggest you to run check disk.

Chkdsk scans your hard drive for errors, bad blocks and sectors, and can help determine the general health of your PC. The Chkdsk /F function takes Chkdsk a step further, helping you to automatically fix problems on your system.

Follow these steps to do so.

a. Click Start, and thenRun.

b. In Open, typecmd, and then press ENTER.

c. To run chkdsk on C drive, type chkdsk c: /f, and then pressEnter.

Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message:

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

Type Y, and then press Enterto schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check.

Also refer:

Check a drive for errors

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Check-your-hard-disk-for-errors

**Important:**While performing chkdsk on the hard drive, if any bad sectors are found on the drive data available on that might be lost when chkdsk tries to repair that sector.

Method 2: Make sure that the System Restore service is running ****For the issues related to Restore option not working, I would suggest you to try the following steps.

To do this, use one of the following methods: •Look in Control Panel. To do this, follow these steps:

a. Press Windows + R, and then type compmgmt.msc in the Open box, and then press Enter.

b.Expand Services, and then click System Restore Services..

If the Status of System Restore Service is not Started, click Start on the toolbar to start it.

•Open a Command Prompt window. To do this, follow these steps: 1.Click Start, click Run, type CMD in the Open box, and then press Enter.

a. Type Net Start at the command prompt to make sure that the System Restore Service is up and is running.

If the System Restore Service is not listed, type net start "System Restore Service", and then press Enter.

Method 3: Make sure that System Restore is enabled on the drives where you want System Restore enabled

To do this follow these steps:

a. Right-click Computer, and then click Properties.

b. Click the System Restore tab.

c. If the System Restore is enabled, the Status column of a drive will show Monitoring.

 If not, you can clear to clear the Turn off System Restore on all drives, and then click OK to enable it.

Method 4: Make sure that you have sufficient disk space on all the drives where System Restore is enabled

To do this, follow these steps:

a. To check for free disk space, Press Windows + R, type diskmgmt.msc and then press Enter. Look at each drive System Restore is monitoring for free space.

 b. If the free space on any partition system restore is monitoring falls lower than 50 MB, System Restore will suspend and remove all restore points to free disk space. You should have already received a low free disk space message by now. System Restore will resume monitoring when free disk space reaches 200 MB.

NoteIn most cases you do not have to have System Restore monitor Partitions/drives other than the one Windows is installed on. System Restore does not monitor data files.

Please post the results and let us know if you need further assistance to fix the issue and we will be happy to help you further

Answer 2

Please do the following in order. Memory faults can cause disk corruption, disk faults can cause disk corruption. Disk corruption causes corrupted files (which SFC may be able to fix). If you get an hardware error stop and post back. Do not run chkdsk with faulty memory.

First lets test what hardware we can.

Standard Hardware Troubleshooting

Memory Diagnostic

If you haven't run a memory diagnostic then please do so. Click Start - Control Panel - choose Classic View in left hand pane - choose Administrative Tools -  thenMemory Diagnostics Tool.

S.M.A.R.T

Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator.

Disk drives in Windows monitor themselves for impending failure. The feature is called S.M.A.R.T. It will detect impending failure 30% of the time. In an elevated command prompt type (it's one line)

wmic /namespace:\root\wmi PATH MSStorageDriver_FailurePredictStatus get active,predictfailure,reason /format:List

If it's on Active will be true, if not on turn it on in the computer's BIOS.

Predict Failure should be False if everything's ok.

In Vista and later if SMART predicts failure Windows prompts the user to run Backup.

Run Chkdsk

In Computer right click all your drives and choose Properties, then Tools tab, then click Check Now. Tick BOTH checkboxes then Start. Reboot. This will take overnight.

Sfc

Check for file corruption by clicking Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type

sfc /scannow For Memory Diagnostic Results

Click Start - Control Panel (and select Classic view in the left hand pane) choose Administrative Tools then Event Viewer then look at both the Application and System logs (under Windows Logs) for entries.

Look for EventID is 1201 or 1101 and Source is MemoryDiagnostic-Results

Double click the entry for details on that entry.

For Chkdsk Results

Click Start - Control Panel (and select Classic view in the left hand pane) choose Administrative Tools then Event Viewer then look at both the Application and System logs (under Windows Logs) for entries.

Look for EventID is 7 and Source is Disk

Look for EventID is 11 and Source is Disk

Look for EventID is 51 and Source is Disk

Look for EventID is 52 and Source is Disk

Look for EventID is 55 and Source is NTFS

Look for EventID is 130 and Source is NTFS

Look for EventID is 1001 and Source is Autochk

Look for EventID is 1001 and Source is Winlogon

Look for EventID is 1001 and Source is WinInit

Look for EventID is 1001 and Source is Chkdsk

Look for EventID is 26212 and Source is Chkdsk

Double click the entry for details on that entry.

P.S. 7 and 55 are the auto repair codes where windows repairs disk errors silently on the fly. 52 is the SMART warning.

For SFC Results

Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Type

findstr /c:"[SR] Cannot" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log|more

This will see which files are corrupted. We may be able to copy them from another computer.

Answer 3

Hi there,

I have followed your instructions down to where it says Event id 1201 & 1101 then was unable to find this info...

I did find information on System which showed Error & Warning messages, they are:-

System error    Source ntfs            id  55

                              "     distrib        id 10010

Warning                "     service       id 7036

     "                       "     tcpip          id 4227

Error                      "     micros       id 2001 & 2003

  "                          "     windo        id 20

Warning                "     servicing    id 4374 & 4376

    "                        "     wlan           id 4001

    "                        "     bcm4s        id 4

    "                        "     R300           id 43015

Not sure if you can help fix all of these errors, but any help would be much appreciated..

Answer 4

Hi there,

 

I have followed your instructions down to where it says Event id 1201 & 1101 then was unable to find this info...

 

I did find information on System which showed Error & Warning messages, they are:-

 

System error    Source ntfs            id  55

                              "     distrib        id 10010

Warning                "     service       id 7036

     "                       "     tcpip          id 4227

Error                      "     micros       id 2001 & 2003

  "                          "     windo        id 20

Warning                "     servicing    id 4374 & 4376

    "                        "     wlan           id 4001

    "                        "     bcm4s        id 4

    "                        "     R300           id 43015

 

Not sure if you can help fix all of these errors, but any help would be much appreciated.. 

Thankyou

Answer 5

So you ran the memory check but can't find the results. Did you notice a message on the memory checker's screen? Did you reboot after running the program which is when the check occurs? Did you look in the System log?

Have you run a disk check yet?