I don't believe it will corrupt your Windows instance, since Windows isn't installed on the disk chkdsk is currently running on. Usually, when you boot and the dirty bit is set, you're given the option to skip the disk check. Since this is a volume mounted separately (is it iSCSI) I think the worst case is that you lose the volume.
None of this comes with guarantees. :-) On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a bit of an urgent problem. I have a Win2003 server, and I needed > to run CHKDSK on the X: drive (a SAN drive that we use to write disk > backups to). So it is NOT running CHKDSK the boot drive, or the drive > where programs are installed; the X: drive is just for disk backup (EMC > Networker). > > X: is, however, like 2 TB in size ... mostly empty, tho, as the backup > to disk has not been working. (mostly meaning maybe 200-300G, probably > less, used space). > > Chkdsk has been running for like 75 minutes, and I have no way of > estimating how much longer it will take. > > So my questions: > > 1. There's no way to interrupt it, except to power down. But will it > corrupt the machine? I don't really care if the X: drive is corrupt, as > long as it boots up and the Lotus Notes services run (none of which are > installed on X:, everything is to drive E:, a separate SAN drive). > > 2. If I do power it down, will it insist on running CHKDSK when it comes > up? I need to get the server back into production, and can't really wait > for CHKDSK to finish on that drive. > > Any help REALLY appreciated, thanks. > > (yes, I'm an idiot) > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
