Windows 10 - CHKDSK volume bitmap inconsistency
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:11 pm
In Windows 10 /64, CHKDSK C: returns (among other normal output) the error "The Volume Bitmap is incorrect."
Changing the command to CHKDSK C: /SCAN results in
"Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further action is required."
Why is there a difference? What is the volume bitmap, and why would CHKDSK only find a problem when not using the /SCAN option?
I run chkdsk in my script before imagew64.exe to be sure the drive doesn't have errors. This is causing the script to error out before the image.
I can just change the command to CHKDSK C: /SCAN, but I'd like to understand more about what's going on.
Changing the command to CHKDSK C: /SCAN results in
"Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further action is required."
Why is there a difference? What is the volume bitmap, and why would CHKDSK only find a problem when not using the /SCAN option?
I run chkdsk in my script before imagew64.exe to be sure the drive doesn't have errors. This is causing the script to error out before the image.
I can just change the command to CHKDSK C: /SCAN, but I'd like to understand more about what's going on.