Chkdsk Reports an Erroneous Event ID 41

Article ID: 161801 - View products that this article applies to.
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SYMPTOMS

When you run chkdsk <drive_letter>: /f, you may receive the following event in the system event log:
Event ID: 41
Source: Disk
Description: The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the device Device\Harddiskx\Partitionx with label "xxxx".
NOTE: The "xxxx" is the volume label of the partition.
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CAUSE

Chkdsk reports the wrong text message in the event log. The message should read: 
   "Autochk will be run on this volume because user has selected it."
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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Properties

Article ID: 161801 - Last Review: November 1, 2006 - Revision: 1.1
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
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