Found.0000/.chk

[Seekermeister]

I know what .chk files are, but I don't know what to do with them. Is there a specific action that I should take, or just delete them?

 

[elkinm]

I just delete them. There was a time with Win 98 when a bad file could be properly repaired and still work, but these days, if it is corrupt, it is gone, and as far as I know the .chk files generally cannot be restored. Am I right?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
I know what .chk files are, but I don't know what to do with them. Is there a specific action that I should take, or just delete them?

Was this an NTFS or a FAT file system? Those are clusters that were marked as allocated but who's directory entries were lost. In some cases they will be partial files, in some cases full files. You're just gonna have to check em to see if they are important (or perhaps easier, if your sure your important info is ok on the box, nuke them).

Seperate issue, what did you do that caused them to be created (I get that you probably ran chkdsk, but what underlying issue caused disk corruption)?

 

[Seekermeister]

The file system is NTFS. I believe that this .chk was created when trying to install a program caused the system to crash. However, when chkdsk ran, it listed a non-OS partition, and listed a page or two of files. The only one that I remember was perflib. I assume that the .chk had to do with this. However, I have no idea of how to check that, because when I try to open the file, it just produces alot of computer language, that I have no idea of how to translate. If these fragments are important, what do you do with them?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
The file system is NTFS. I believe that this .chk was created when trying to install a program caused the system to crash. However, when chkdsk ran, it listed a non-OS partition, and listed a page or two of files. The only one that I remember was perflib. I assume that the .chk had to do with this. However, I have no idea of how to check that, because when I try to open the file, it just produces alot of computer language, that I have no idea of how to translate. If these fragments are important, what do you do with them?

a) If installing an app caused your system to crash you have a more basic issue that needs to be looked at.

b) As far as the fragments, frankly its' a nightmare. If its a complex file format you'd need recovery people or specialized software to reconstruct it. If its simple (say a text file) you just copy the data out and rebuild the original files (trust me, people cry when one of those chk files turns out to be 5% of their quicken data file or something else they should have been backing up but havent)

 

[Seekermeister]

The file is .txt, but that still doesn't sound simple. I'm going to Google some more on perflib, but I can't see myself going through the files to see what is or isn't there. I know that it isn't personal data, because this is a new installation, and I don't have anything on it that is irreplaceable.

As far as the installation problem that created this, I have fixed it. Some how, there is a compatability problem between two of my optical drives. I put them on separate cables and the problem is gone.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
The file is .txt, but that still doesn't sound simple. I'm going to Google some more on perflib, but I can't see myself going through the files to see what is or isn't there. I know that it isn't personal data, because this is a new installation, and I don't have anything on it that is irreplaceable.

As far as the installation problem that created this, I have fixed it. Some how, there is a compatability problem between two of my optical drives. I put them on separate cables and the problem is gone.

First glad the underlying issue is fixed. Second, oh perflib, I read perllib for some reason. Perflib counters are part of the performance measurement system on the XP platform (I'm presuming this is XP or 2k). Without seeing the file I'm guessing it was instrumentation data files which (worst case) means some perfmon counters may not be available. If you ever notice a problem, a repair install on top should fix it. Most people never even know about perfmon let alone take advantage of the counters.