Why can’t I check disk on a path mounted NTFS disk

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The set-up

I have a laptop running windows 7 with one internal hard drive with 5 partitions

  1. NTFS SystemReserved
  2. NTFS c:
  3. NTFS Shared data
  4. Linux Boot
  5. Linux Root.

I’m booted into windows and the Linux partitions are not mounted so ignore 4 and 5. I have partition 3 (shared data) mounted as a folder off C drive.

The Problem

I can’t seem to run check disk/error-checking on this partition, to attempt to do so I have opened up Computer Managment->Storage->Disk Managment-> Select Partition-> right click properties -> Tab Tools -> Error Checking -> Check Now.

When I click on the check now button nothing happens, the button appears to be enabled and moves like a button, I get no new window or pop-up, I get no entry in the event log. I don’t get my disk checked.

Answer

Have you tried “chkdsk C:\data” from a console? Have a look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/218461, which describes (amongst other things) using chkdsk on a disk mounted as a mount point.

JR

Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : David Waters , Answer Author : John Rennie

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