CHKDSK at start-up, "deleting files"

[Aero-R]

Yesterday while a start-up of my x86 Windows XP Pro. Corp., one of my HDDs was into a CHKDSK routine. I wanted to cancel it, but I couldn't. It started and I was with my finger ready on the reset switch since I did remember that years ago I suffered a 16 GBs lost on one of those auto-CHKDSK thing while booting the S.O. This time it started to delete things again, I saw like 18 or 20 lines about deleting entries before I pressed the reset switch. It was touching my music HDD.

Trying to load the desktop without that CHKDSK screen was imposible so I plugged the HDD through an E-IDE external enclousure, USB interface. I saw all the folders still on it, in fact I've used SoulSeek software for years and before that CHKDSK it was counting like near to 31.9xx audio files and after the CHKDSK it counts 31.911, so seems to be that fortunately that CHKDSK doesn't deleted so much. But when I go to the properties of those folders in the windows explorer, it counts 31.818 files instead of 31.911. Maybe that CHKDSK hiddes some files that SLSK counts and the explorer not? (I've shown the s.o. files).

I've not seen any ".chk" files or "found.ooo" folders (typical data after one of those CHKDSK for some people), so I honestly don't know how to get a log of the files lost, I even don't know if it really deleted something. If just I could get a log file of the files that were removed, I could know how to get a back up of them.

I'm thinking about the Windows XP utility to restore the system to a previous state in order to see if that HDD gets more KB, but I can't do that at the moment (I'm waiting to buy two Western Digital 750 GBs HDDs and an ICY DOCK S-ATA rack in order to improve my back-ups and avoid those horrible events like the yesterday one).

Anybody here with any idea or experience on those CHKDSK screens at start-up? Just with a log of the files deleted I could be safe, because I've back ups of all but search into near 32.000 audio files without know the one that was delated... is a bit impossible for me.

 

[Eric.]

You could copy your music backup to the location that was tampered with. That should merge the folders and ask whether to replace identical files or to skip those, which would simply add files/folders that didn't exist.

 

[Aero-R]

Not simple as that. My music is stored on 6 different folders, one for OST, one for Compilations, and the 4 that left are for artist (A-F,G-M,N-S,T-Z). Into one of those folders there are hundred of sub-folders, each for a different producer, and then more sub-subfolders to to separate live recordings from official discs, single songs, etc..., the work of 6 years. Unfortunately all the back up is done on more than 320 CD-Rs.

Only if I could get a .log file or list of the files deleted...

The files lost shouldn't be much (if any) because of the numbers I said. What have me scared is the difference between what the explorer says and what SoulSeek counts. I've asked this on the SoulSeek forum to see what they think about.

I'm working now on change that idea of the back up mounting 2 new HDDs (each one of 750 GBs) so one will be a copy of another and I could what you said: simply copy & paste. The idea is store one in a removable rack (ICY DOCK one) but I'm afraid if my ASUS P5K will support hot swapping with it's INTEL ICH9R and other drive controllers like J-MICRON. I think yes but I'm still checking.

Thanks for the answer anyway Eric 👍

 

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