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   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   In aus.computers Paul  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 11/26/2025 5:58 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >> then leave it connected to a Windows PC while it   
   >> boots up so it should automatically CHKDSK it during start-up.   
   >   
   > No.   
      
   Umm, you snipped:   
      
   >> run the drive's self-test (no "mounting" involved) and if it   
   >> passes                                             ^^^^^^^^^   
      ^^^^^^   
   >> then leave it connected to a Windows PC while it boots up so   
   >> it should automatically CHKDSK it during start-up.   
      
   > I've already explained at some point, that in-place repair   
   > of a sick disk with CHKDSK is wrong.   
      
   The disk's not sick if SMART shows no failures and it's and passed   
   the built-in self-test IMHO. The OS might have messed up the data   
   on it, or power was cut during a write.   
      
   > You clone the disk over to known-good materials.   
   > That's your golden copy.   
   >   
   > That is your only priority right now. Cloning the   
   > bad disk to a good disk. That's the first step.   
   > The idea is to make sure, before absolutely anything   
   > else happens, you have that copy.   
      
   Agreed, but he doesn't want to do that so...   
      
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