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CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... ???

  • 30-03-2006 1:05am
    #1
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    All of a sudden I've spotted that CHKDSK keeps verifying the Usn Journal on my C drive. I've never seen this before in my whole 5 years of working on PCs. What is it? Anything I should be concerned about?


    CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
    File verification completed.
    CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
    Index verification completed.
    CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
    Security descriptor verification completed.
    CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
    Usn Journal verification completed.
    Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
    Windows found problems with the file system.
    Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

    20972857 KB total disk space.
    7618292 KB in 50922 files.
    21268 KB in 3632 indexes.
    0 KB in bad sectors.
    172129 KB in use by the system.
    65536 KB occupied by the log file.
    13161168 KB available on disk.

    4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
    5243214 total allocation units on disk.
    3290292 allocation units available on disk.


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  • #2
    Karoma
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    Er, schedule another run with /f [/r] to (try) fix it.

    What OS (ver.)?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    I've actually already done that, still comes up even after a /f.

    It's XP Pro SP2.


  • #4
    Karoma
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    Can you confirm:
    RAID? Number or HDD's/Partitions? NTFS?
    That you scheduled i.e. ran the chkdsk /r /f on bootup and not from within Windows? Do you have Norton IS?


  • #5
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    Karoma wrote:
    Can you confirm:
    RAID? Number or HDD's/Partitions? NTFS?
    That you scheduled i.e. ran the chkdsk /r /f on bootup and not from within Windows? Do you have Norton IS?
    No RAID. One HD, two partitions (both NTFS). Only the C drive does the Usn journal check, the D drive is fine.

    I ran CHKDSK from the recovery console because Windows wouldn't start at one stage. Its still doing the Usn Journal check after that.

    No Norton products at all.

    I only noticed this happen after I put my hard disk into a Mac to transfer data... maybe the Mac screwed up my disk? It had OS X 10.4.1


  • #6
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    I only noticed this happen after I put my hard disk into a Mac to transfer data... maybe the Mac screwed up my disk? It had OS X 10.4.1
    Possibly.
    It relates to a log of all changes made to a volume. [Uupdate Sequence Number (USN) ]
    The USN change journal used by the Indexing Service, File Replication Service (FRS), Remote Installation Service (RIS), and Remote Storage.

    Where to go from here?
    Try turning off Indexing Service on C: (My Computer->C: Properties -> Untickety)
    After you do this: Reboot. Does it still check?


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  • #7
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    It did still check. But I managed to solve the problem myself.

    I found a command on the Microsoft KB to delete the journal:

    fsutil usn deletejournal /d c:

    Since I did this it hasn't checked.


  • #8
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Karsini wrote:
    It did still check. But I managed to solve the problem myself.

    I found a command on the Microsoft KB to delete the journal:

    fsutil usn deletejournal /d c:

    Since I did this it hasn't checked.
    I was going to suggest that as a last restort.
    ...
    G'luck:)


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    It's back... verifying the USN Journal again. But now I see why...

    Windows Live Messenger 8.0 installs a service that uses the USN journal for the Sharing Folders feature. This seems to be what's causing it. Maybe I should just ignore it from now on, its not causing any harm.


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