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Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters

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AndyHancock wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>> AndyHancock wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> Yousuf Khan wrote
>>>>> AndyHancock wrote

>>>>>> Partitions 1,3,4 do not have letter drives.  So I was wondering
>>>>>> whether I can still use chkdsk (and if I can do that for all the
>>>>>> partitions at once, so much the better).  I've surfed and found
>>>>>> info on assigning letters to the partitions, but that option is
>>>>>> grayed out in Disk Management.  I am also concerned about
>>>>>> possible side effects of assigning letters on the intended
>>>>>> functions of those drives.
>>>>> Looks like we had the same issues recently. I bought a new
>>>>> Toshiba laptop too. What I did was changed the Type 17 partitions
>>>>> to Type 07, and then rebooted. They were automatically added with
>>>>> their own drive letters after the reboot. I don't see any reason
>>>>> why just mounting them with drive letters is going to corrupt
>>>>> them in any way.

>>> However, 0x07 and 0x17 can have three different file systems.

>> More than that, actually.

>>> I suspect that imagers rely on more than the partition type code to
>>> determine the file system.

>>> BTW, I didn't say this in my last follow-up, but I also want to
>>> chkdsk partition 1, which is letterless and (I'm told) is the boot
>>> partition.  Would that be wise?

>> No, I dont even chkdsk normal NTFS partitions unless I know they
>> arent too bad, it can comprehensively stuff up a partition.

>>> I realize that I can always restore partition 1 from a clone, but
>>> just wondering.

>> It should be fine, you can always do a read only chkdsk to be safe.

> Well, I used PowerQuest Partition Table Editor to change partitions 3
> & 4 from 0x17 to 0x07 (unhidden).  They got drive letters after a
> reboot.  Chkdsk  on them was uneventful.  I changed them back to 0x17.

> I then changed partition 1 from 0x27 to 0x07.  It did not receive a
> driver letter after a reboot, but it did reboot.  I could use Disk
> Management to assign a drive letter.  Chkdsk issued the warning
> "WARNING!  F parameter not specified.".  The chkdsk then completed
> without any interesting messages.  Partition 1 showed up in Disk
> Management as "System (E:)" and had the tags "Healthy (System, Active,
> Primary Partition)".  I changed it back to 0x27 and am rebooting.  If
> I seem to have fallen off the face of the earth, it means things didn't
> go well after the reboot (though I may come back using the clone).

> Rod, what did you mean by stuff up a partition?

That was a bit carelessly described, I meant that it can see some files go missing. 

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chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 10:59 -0800
  Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> - 2012-02-12 06:46 +1100
  Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 07:15 +1100
    Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 13:00 -0800
      Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 08:53 +1100
        Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 21:54 -0800
          Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 19:31 +1100
            Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 07:04 -0800
  Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-11 19:02 -0500
    Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 13:21 +1100
      Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 22:05 -0800
        Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 19:39 +1100
          Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 19:24 -0800
            Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 19:37 -0800
            Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-13 19:52 +1100
              Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-13 22:20 -0800
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-13 22:31 -0800
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 02:40 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-02-14 20:51 -0800
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 16:12 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 02:36 +1100
      Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 03:15 +1100
        Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 07:43 +1100
          Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 14:29 +1100
            Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 16:05 +1100
              Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-16 12:40 -0500
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 07:59 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 08:55 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 09:41 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 10:14 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 11:20 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters Rob <mesamine@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 23:37 +1100
                Re: chkdsk all partitions at once, including those without drive letters "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-18 01:02 +1100

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