[X4U] NTFS volume repair/checker

[Nick Scalise]

XP will check and repair that NTFS volume.

Inside of XP, get properties on the volume, and then click on the  
Tools tab or something like that. Inside that you should be able to  
check the disk for errors. Also, check the 2 check boxes in the lower  
part of the window. It will probably want to reboot. Let it.


On Jul 1, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Conlon Brett wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently bought a 2GB WD My Book USB Raid drive to store my video  
> files on from the set top box and video camera. I formatted it as a  
> 1TB NTFS mirrored RAID so that it could be mounted on the set top  
> box for file transfers & streaming video off the drive, etc. I used  
> iNTFS to enable Snow Leopard's ability to read/write to NTFS volumes  
> and have happily been working with it on my Mac for a few weeks now.
>
> A couple of days ago, I began using MPEG Streamclip to convert a  
> buncha video files down to iPhone size for viewing on the train,  
> however, yesterday I noticed that the main folder of videos, it was  
> doing the batch processing from, had become empty - all the video  
> files in it just disappeared.... poof!
>
> I tried turning on invisibles and couldn't find the files anywhere  
> on the volume. When I selected all files/folders and got Info it  
> said the files selected totalled 129GB but when I get Info on the  
> whole volume it shows over 300GB in use so it seems like my files  
> are there somewhere but they can't be seen.
>
> I tried mounting the USB drive on my MBPro running bootcamp (WinXP)  
> but same thing there too - empty folder... even with showing hidden  
> files. And again, in WinXP it says the volume is using over 300GB.
>
> So, now I'm hoping to find a utility (free if at all possible) to  
> check the directory of this volume to see if it has become corrupted  
> and hopefully fix it, or at least find a file recovery software to  
> locate and copy the missing files off.
>
> I guess if I can't fix the directory I'll have to pull everything  
> off and reformat... I dunno if I have the space on my other volumes  
> to safely store them while I scrape it down.
>
> Your help is MOST appreciated!!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brett
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