On 3/29/2011 8:25 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > I don't believe it will corrupt your Windows instance, since Windows > isn't installed on the disk chkdsk is currently running on.
Thank $DIETY. (yes, I know that's not a guarantee, but it's what you, I, my boss, and my searches seem to indicate) > Usually, when you boot and the dirty bit is set, you're given the option > to skip the disk check. Hitting ESCAPE during boot up? > Since this is a volume mounted separately (is it iSCSI) Fiber Channel, from an HP SAN. > I think the worst case is that you lose the volume. Don't care (too much) about losing this disk volume. It's losing the C: and D: that is terrifying me .... > > None of this comes with guarantees. :-) I know. As I say, I'm an idiot ... > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Mike Leone <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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
