Need a CHKDSK Boffin

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Can anyone break this down and tell me (like I'm 5), what some of this means?

	Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 3320.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 3321.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 3322.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 3323.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 34A8.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 34A9.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 34AA.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 34AB.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 35A4.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 35A5.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 35A6.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 35A7.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 3944.
	 
Deleting corrupt attribute record (0x80, "")
from file record segment 0x3944.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 3945.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (0x80, "")
from file record segment 0x3945.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 3946.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (0xA0, $I30)
from file record segment 0x3946.
Fixing incorrect information in file record segment 3947.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (0x80, "")
from file record segment 0x3947.
  90624 file records processed.

and

	Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
Deleting index entry $ObjId in index $I30 of file B.
Deleting index entry $Quota in index $I30 of file B.
Deleting index entry $Reparse in index $I30 of file B.
Deleting index entry $RmMetadata in index $I30 of file B.
Correcting error in index $I30 for file 21E4.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the bitmap for index $I30 for file 21E4.
Sorting index $I30 in file 21E4.

Deleting index entry AlbumArtSmall.jpg in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry AlbumArt_{6A53B44A-0514-4B9A-A20F-90F8365EE647}_Large.jpg in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry AlbumArt_{6A53B44A-0514-4B9A-A20F-90F8365EE647}_Small.jpg in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry desktop.ini in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry Disney World in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry Folder.jpg in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry Games in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry Movies in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry Musicals in index $I30 of file 306D.
Deleting index entry Television in index $I30 of file 306D.
	CHKDSK is scanning unindexed files for reconnect to their original directory.
Recovering orphaned file Bills & Home (21E5) into directory file 21E4.
Recovering orphaned file Car Things (2375) into directory file 21E4.

Sorry, I know it might take a bit of time explaining but would be superb to learn from another human, not AI.

[theefool]

I hope you have backups, that are not on that disk/drive.

Essentially, your computer has detected corruption on your HDD (hard disk drive (ssd)) and is attempted to repair it.

If you are asking what each entry means, then I'd have to read up on that myself.

[+thexfile Subscriber²]

Windows 11 Repair Playbook: SFC, DISM, CHKDSK Without Breaking Stuff

https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/windows_11_repair_playbook.html

[Max Veteran]

Use HD Tune to check the smart status of your drive. If you get pending sectors or reallocated sectors highlighted in yellow (or worse, red),  it’s time to replace the drive.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

On 28/11/2025 at 02:08, theefool said:

If you are asking what each entry means, then I'd have to read up on that myself.

Yes, this is what I'm asking.
I'll see if there's a website out there that can explain it.

 

THE STORY:

Most things were backed up but CHKDSK managed to get the hard drive readable and recognisable by Windows at least.

The external caddy I was using was in RAID 1 - I wanted two hard drives to be mirrors of each other, which also means when I copy things to them, I only have to do it once.
Seemed to work okay, although had to use their own software to do the RAID.

But something messed up!
I was copying something but it took an awfully long time.  I stopped the copy but could hear the HDD still doing something.  So I tried to Safety Remove it but Windows said it couldn't.  Yep, that's right, I just switched it off.
When booting it again, Windows then didn't recognise the Drive.  Even when taking out one drive, Windows had the same effect on both.  When I eventually figured out I should look at Disk Management, I saw the disk was RAW.
Did a CHKDSK and Windows then recognised it and I was able to copy the data from it.  This is my VERY important things (like photos), hence having two copies (HDD death is more likely than data loss I reckon) - but I already have the same data on the PC anyway so no REAL loss.

Have ordered another caddy that doesn't come with a RAID option and will just copy everything twice.

Have also used Disk Management to format the disks and now Windows see's them as two separate drives.  Will use HD Sentinal to look at the disks before re-adding the data.
Probably won't bother with RAID in the future.

[+Warwagon MVC]

On 27/11/2025 at 21:38, thexfile said:

Windows 11 Repair Playbook: SFC, DISM, CHKDSK Without Breaking Stuff

https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/windows_11_repair_playbook.html

Actually, for SFC to be useful you have to run DISM first.

[farmeunit]

I would build a small computer and put TrueNAS on it, or get a Synology and let it handle it.  There is also software to handle backups and syncing.  Several ways to handle it.