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by abcs

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I have an NT server and the Event Log is showing that I have several bad blocks on two(2) partions. My question is what is the best way to fix this, before it becomes a major problem?

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Bob Payne

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by bill cassada

Go to a command prompt and type "chkdsk /f". chkdsk will advise you it cannot lock the partition in use and will ask if you want to schedule it to execute during the next reboot. Answer "Y". Then reboot. Alternatively if you already have a disk program such as Norton Utilities installed you can probably mark the bad blocks or recover them on the fly without rebooting.

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