XPost: aus.computers   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   if it's just an OS stuff up, why isn't there some program I can run to   
   fix it?   
      
   >   
   >> 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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