I can never remember the chkdsk commands. Just like tar in linux, always have to check the man pages.
Standard execution: chkdsk /f /r c:
Cancel scheduled check: chkntfs /x c:
C:\>chkdsk /?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]] [/B]
volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
filename FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file
on the disk.
On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
(implies /F).
/L:size NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number
of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current
size.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
(implies /F).
/I NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder
structure.
/B NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume
(implies /R)
The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.
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Cobain Backup Restore Tool
Cobain is a decent backup software and given that its free I decided to try it out. The one thing is majorly lacks is the ability to restore incremental backups. The software makes a sub folder for each backup containing the files that have been changed. The issue? How do you do a full restore? Going through months of folders copying and pasting files was not something I wanted to do, therefore I wrote a quick a dirty utility to combine the incremental backups into the initial full backup.
Source is in VB.net. Its not pretty. I didn’t intend on anyone seeing the code, just wanted to get my files restored as fast as possible.
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