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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Old Knarfworks.com
A tribute to the old Knarfworks.com site. 2001.