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    From philo@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 10 16:05:01 2021
    I have a multi-drive machine and one has an XP drive that I rarely use,
    but still I want it to be in good condition as there is one piece of
    software that will not run on Win10.
    On each boot CHKDSK /F runs and *never* finds a problem.


    If that drive is in the machine and I run Win10, it too will run CHKDSK
    /F on that XP drive.


    I suspect the drive itself has some defect so I cloned it to another drive.

    Though it did run CHKDSK /F the first time, after that it behaved
    normally so I plan to simply set the original drive aside.

    Just curious what could be wrong.

    I ran the Seagate short test and it found no problems nor had SMART been tripped.


    I am now running the long test.

    There is also an option to run an acoustical test.
    What the heck is that?

    Might as well run that one too.

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to philo on Fri Sep 10 17:54:58 2021
    philo wrote:
    I have a multi-drive machine and one has an XP drive that I rarely use,
    but still I want it to be in good condition as there is one piece of
    software that will not run on Win10.
    On each boot CHKDSK /F runs and *never* finds a problem.


    If that drive is in the machine and I run Win10, it too will run CHKDSK
    /F on that XP drive.


    I suspect the drive itself has some defect so I cloned it to another drive.

    Though it did run CHKDSK /F the first time, after that it behaved
    normally so I plan to simply set the original drive aside.

    Just curious what could be wrong.

    I ran the Seagate short test and it found no problems nor had SMART been tripped.


    I am now running the long test.

    There is also an option to run an acoustical test.
    What the heck is that?

    Might as well run that one too.


    I don't rely on the Windows 10 CHKDSK.

    I use the Windows 7 one, as a compromise between
    the old and the new.

    Windows 7 CHKDSK tends to dwell (spend too much time on)
    XATTR items. It might even be converting something Win10
    specific into the nearest Win7 construct. On a WinXP drive,
    I would not expect an excess of strange features, to trip up
    the Windows 7 CHKDSK.

    Also, the CHKDSK on the installer DVD (troubleshooting, command
    prompt), sometimes that has additional options. You need to
    compare versions of CHKDSK for features. A couple of the
    features I've located, make no sense, but, the CHKDSK run
    does seem to have a different result (more thorough).

    I can't say I've exactly made a science out of this,
    as all this version test is a bore.

    Paul

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  • From philo@21:1/5 to Paul on Fri Sep 10 17:15:16 2021
    On 9/10/21 4:54 PM, Paul wrote:
    philo wrote:
    I have a multi-drive machine and one has an XP drive that I rarely
    use, but still I want it to be in good condition as there is one piece
    of software that will not run on Win10.
    On each boot CHKDSK /F runs and *never* finds a problem.


    If that drive is in the machine and I run Win10, it too will run
    CHKDSK /F on that XP drive.


    I suspect the drive itself has some defect so I cloned it to another
    drive.

    Though it did run CHKDSK /F the first time, after that it behaved
    normally so I plan to simply set the original drive aside.

    Just curious what could be wrong.

    I ran the Seagate short test and it found no problems nor had SMART
    been tripped.


    I am now running the long test.

    There is also an option to run an acoustical test.
    What the heck is that?

    Might as well run that one too.


    I don't rely on the Windows 10 CHKDSK.

    I use the Windows 7 one, as a compromise between
    the old and the new.

    Windows 7 CHKDSK tends to dwell (spend too much time on)
    XATTR items. It might even be converting something Win10
    specific into the nearest Win7 construct. On a WinXP drive,
    I would not expect an excess of strange features, to trip up
    the Windows 7 CHKDSK.

    Also, the CHKDSK on the installer DVD (troubleshooting, command
    prompt), sometimes that has additional options. You need to
    compare versions of CHKDSK for features. A couple of the
    features I've located, make no sense, but, the CHKDSK run
    does seem to have a different result (more thorough).

    I can't say I've exactly made a science out of this,
    as all this version test is a bore.

    �� Paul


    The drive passed all Seagate tests, I am now going to run CHKDSK /F on
    it from Win7


    No matter what, the drive is going to be taken out of service. Thanks

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  • From philo@21:1/5 to philo on Fri Sep 10 17:26:03 2021
    On 9/10/21 5:15 PM, philo wrote:
    On 9/10/21 4:54 PM, Paul wrote:
    philo wrote:
    I have a multi-drive machine and one has an XP drive that I rarely
    use, but still I want it to be in good condition as there is one
    piece of software that will not run on Win10.
    On each boot CHKDSK /F runs and *never* finds a problem.


    If that drive is in the machine and I run Win10, it too will run
    CHKDSK /F on that XP drive.


    I suspect the drive itself has some defect so I cloned it to another
    drive.

    Though it did run CHKDSK /F the first time, after that it behaved
    normally so I plan to simply set the original drive aside.

    Just curious what could be wrong.

    I ran the Seagate short test and it found no problems nor had SMART
    been tripped.


    I am now running the long test.

    There is also an option to run an acoustical test.
    What the heck is that?

    Might as well run that one too.


    I don't rely on the Windows 10 CHKDSK.

    I use the Windows 7 one, as a compromise between
    the old and the new.

    Windows 7 CHKDSK tends to dwell (spend too much time on)
    XATTR items. It might even be converting something Win10
    specific into the nearest Win7 construct. On a WinXP drive,
    I would not expect an excess of strange features, to trip up
    the Windows 7 CHKDSK.

    Also, the CHKDSK on the installer DVD (troubleshooting, command
    prompt), sometimes that has additional options. You need to
    compare versions of CHKDSK for features. A couple of the
    features I've located, make no sense, but, the CHKDSK run
    does seem to have a different result (more thorough).

    I can't say I've exactly made a science out of this,
    as all this version test is a bore.

    ��� Paul





    Ran Win7 (from a live utility cd) CHKDSK /F and it found a few
    "unidentified" files


    Don't know what it did from them but all is well.

    No more CHKDSK /F on startup


    Thanks again Paul

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