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fsutil repair

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Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8

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:

  • 0x01 - Enables general repair.
  • 0x09 - Warns about potential data loss without repair.
  • 0x00 - Disables NTFS self-healing repair operations.
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:
  • 0 - Waits for all repairs to complete. (default value)
  • 1 - Waits for the current repair to complete.

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