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Error Message: The File or Directory Is Corrupt...Article ID: 176646 - View products that this article applies to. This article was previously published under Q176646 Symptoms
When you attempt to open, delete or rename a file or folder using Windows
NT Explorer, File Manager or a command prompt, you may receive one of the
following error messages:
Cause
This behavior can occur if the file, folder or file system index (Master
File Table [MFT] or File Allocation Table [FAT]) is damaged.
Resolution
WARNING: When Chkdsk detects problems with the file system and attempts to
repair the damage, data loss can occur. Microsoft does not recommend
running Chkdsk with the /f command-line switch unless you have a full
backup of your hard disk.
Attempt to repair the damaged file, folder or file system index using Chkdsk. To do so, follow these steps:
More information
Chkdsk saves each repaired file in the root folder as a File<nnnn>.chk
file, and each repaired folder in the root folder as a Found.<nnn> folder,
where <n> is a number.
For information about how to use Chkdsk, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type "chkdsk" (without quotation marks), and then double- click the "Chkdsk Command" topic. For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: ARTICLE-ID: 156571
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156571/EN-US/
)
TITLE : How to Perform Scandisk in Windows NT 4.0 ARTICLE-ID: ID: 160963
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160963/EN-US/
)
TITLE : CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For ARTICLE-ID: 161801
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/161801/EN-US/
)
TITLE : Chkdsk reports an erroneous Event ID 41 PropertiesArticle ID: 176646 - Last Review: July 19, 2012 - Revision: 5.0 Applies to
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