On Thu, 7/31/2025 1:04 PM, Jason wrote:
Now and again, I run chkdsk on partitions to look for
trouble. Lately, on C:, chkdsk reports bitmap errors and
asks if I want to restart to fix them offline. I do that
but chkdsk again reports errors upon restarting. This
happened three times in a row. What's up and should I
worry? BTW, C: is a 1G SSD should that make any
difference.
As you know, Microsoft on the one hand, claims the NTFS API
has not changed in years, thus "everything is compatible"
as they spin their new OSes. They refuse to change the NTFS
release number.
But, changes have been made, and they "aren't exactly compatible".
A glaring example, is the ability to make 2MB clusters in W10/W11,
which Windows 7 cannot read.
On 2025-07-31 23:09, Paul wrote:
On Thu, 7/31/2025 1:04 PM, Jason wrote:
Now and again, I run chkdsk on partitions to look for
trouble. Lately, on C:, chkdsk reports bitmap errors and
asks if I want to restart to fix them offline. I do that
but chkdsk again reports errors upon restarting. This
happened three times in a row. What's up and should I
worry? BTW, C: is a 1G SSD should that make any
difference.
As you know, Microsoft on the one hand, claims the NTFS API
has not changed in years, thus "everything is compatible"
as they spin their new OSes. They refuse to change the NTFS
release number.
But, changes have been made, and they "aren't exactly compatible".
A glaring example, is the ability to make 2MB clusters in W10/W11,
which Windows 7 cannot read.
There is another I can't remember... ah, "reparse points", you mentioned it later. Affects compressed directories, I think. Linux has problems with them.
As administrator, try running system file check:
sfc /scannow
In article <106gcs2$3tvqc$2@dont-email.me>, T@invalid.invalid says...
As administrator, try running system file check:
sfc /scannow
I rarely got SFC to work, until I learned that it's often necessary to
run DISM first.
Essentially, SFC compares files in the running system with those salted
away in the Component Store, and replaces any which are found corrupt.
But the Component Store itself can become corrupt, and DISM fixes that.
I run DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
If this "verificaton" produces no errors, then I run SFC /Scannow
If DISM ... /ScanHealth does come back with errors, then I run:
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
... which copies down fresh versions of Component Store items from the
web.
If that doesn't work (happened once to me) then there's a process for rebuilding the Component Store from a downloaded image.
Since I found out about DISM (which also does heaps of things I don't
really understand!) SFC has suprisingly often reported that it has
repaired corrupted files, and glitches have been seen to go.
--
Phil, London
On Thu, 7/31/2025 8:41 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-31 23:09, Paul wrote:
On Thu, 7/31/2025 1:04 PM, Jason wrote:
Now and again, I run chkdsk on partitions to look for
trouble. Lately, on C:, chkdsk reports bitmap errors and
asks if I want to restart to fix them offline. I do that
but chkdsk again reports errors upon restarting. This
happened three times in a row. What's up and should I
worry? BTW, C: is a 1G SSD should that make any
difference.
As you know, Microsoft on the one hand, claims the NTFS API
has not changed in years, thus "everything is compatible"
as they spin their new OSes. They refuse to change the NTFS
release number.
But, changes have been made, and they "aren't exactly compatible".
A glaring example, is the ability to make 2MB clusters in W10/W11,
which Windows 7 cannot read.
There is another I can't remember... ah, "reparse points", you mentioned it later. Affects compressed directories, I think. Linux has problems with them.
That's how Microsoft ensures that Linux never catches up :-)
I'm sure they don't do this on purpose. It's just an accident or something.
On 7/31/25 10:44 AM, jason_warren wrote:
In article <106g9ub$3tvqc$1@dont-email.me>,
T@invalid.invalid says...
On 7/31/25 10:04 AM, Jason wrote:
Now and again, I run chkdsk on partitions to look for
trouble. Lately, on C:, chkdsk reports bitmap errors and
asks if I want to restart to fix them offline. I do that
but chkdsk again reports errors upon restarting. This
happened three times in a row. What's up and should I
worry? BTW, C: is a 1G SSD should that make any
difference.
What does Crystal Disk Info say about your SSD drive?
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/
I didn't mention it, but I did run Crystal Disk too. It
says all is well...
Probably (note the weasel word) nothing wrong then.
What chkdsk command did you run? "chkdsk /f"?
The error you are getting may also be bogus.
As administrator, try running system file check:
sfc /scannow
On 8/1/25 5:18 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
Microsoft blocked the email account of a LibreOffice developer. When
trying to find a solution, he encountered an outdated system.
Microsoft's support system was unable to provide an effective solution.
The already tense relationship between Microsoft and the LibreOffice
community, the main open-source alternative to Office, may have added
a new and frustrating chapter. Mike Kaganski, a developer of the free
office suite, discovered this week that his Microsoft account had been
suddenly blocked without a clear explanation. Worst of all, he only
noticed the block when he was about to send an email to the project's
developer list.
Microsoft's warning message was as brief as it was alarming: his
account had been blocked for violating the terms of service. Kaganski,
truly surprised, went so far as to publicly invite anyone to look at
his email and try to detect any messages that were out of the
ordinary, as most of them were technical messages about the
development of LibreOffice.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
I understand this chap is a Libre Office contributor, in Windows.
Not to ask too stupid a question, but did he change his
eMail carrier after that?
I wonder why he was using a M$ spyware account to
start with? I set up all my Windows users with
off line accounts.
On 8/2/25 5:20 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
Not to ask too stupid a question, but did he change his
eMail carrier after that?
I wonder why he was using a M$ spyware account to
start with? I set up all my Windows users with
off line accounts.
No idea. Maybe because he has to ask support questions in order to do
his job on LO.
In all my years, I will only post on M$ support forums
when I am desperate. I have yet to have them actually
answer one of my questions. They cut and paste some
marketing approved drivel then have the guts to sent
me a request asking for complements over their service.
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