Another CHKDSK /R Issue

Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?
Thanks........

On 15 May 2010, wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
> them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?

This is a joke, right? That would be like hammering a nail with a
garden hose.

Disk and file table issues such those found by chkdsk have NOTHING at
all to do with Windows registry. Besides the fact that registry
cleaners are of little benefit to the system, it would have no effect
on this specific problem.

Index Entries has nothing to do with the Registry. Do NOT touch the registry unless
you are looking to have problems. All Registry Tools are snake oil remedies and
cleaning the registry will not give you any better performance or save any space.

--
Peter

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<> wrote in message
news:...
> Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
> them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?
> Thanks........

On Sat, 15 May 2010 21:31:57 -0400, wrote:

> Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
> them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?
> Thanks........



Two points:

1. The registry and the errors that Chkdsk has found are completely
unrelated.

2. There are *no* good registry cleaners. Registry cleaning programs
are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is
dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry
cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry
cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry
entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.

Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html

And also
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussino...t-of-life.aspx


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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<> wrote in message
news:...
> Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
> them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?
> Thanks........

Are you by any chance "related" to Kevin John Panzke?

On Sun, 16 May 2010 07:07:36 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<> wrote:

>On Sat, 15 May 2010 21:31:57 -0400, wrote:
>
>> Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
>> them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?
>> Thanks........
>
>
>
>Two points:
>
>1. The registry and the errors that Chkdsk has found are completely
>unrelated.
>
>2. There are *no* good registry cleaners. Registry cleaning programs
>are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is
>dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry
>cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry
>cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry
>entries doesn't really hurt you.
>
>The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
>removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
>it may have.
>
>Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html
>
>And also
>http://blogs.technet.com/markrussino...t-of-life.aspx

Thank you all. But, is there anything I can do or should do about the
incorrect index entries? I don't even know what these index entries are
or how they affect my system.

Hi, PeoplesChoice.

Now that the others have clarified that your problem has nothing to do with
the Registry, you might want to start a new thread to focus on your CHKDSK
problem. In the new thread, be sure to give us some basic information in
your first post, such as Windows version (there are many flavors of Vista,
and many users of Win7 or WinXP also post here), how many hard drives and
partitions, etc.

And, most important, what kind of problem are you having? WHY did you run
CHKDSK in the first place? And please post the exact text of the error
message you see.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64)

<> wrote in message
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> Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
> them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?
> Thanks........

On Mon, 17 May 2010 10:41:02 -0500, "R. C. White" <>
wrote:

>Hi, PeoplesChoice.
>
>Now that the others have clarified that your problem has nothing to do with
>the Registry, you might want to start a new thread to focus on your CHKDSK
>problem. In the new thread, be sure to give us some basic information in
>your first post, such as Windows version (there are many flavors of Vista,
>and many users of Win7 or WinXP also post here), how many hard drives and
>partitions, etc.
>
>And, most important, what kind of problem are you having? WHY did you run
>CHKDSK in the first place? And please post the exact text of the error
>message you see.
>
>RC

OK, I'll try to put the information together tonight or tomorrow. Thank
you for the offer to help.

On 5/15/10, posted:
> Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
> them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?
> Thanks........

To answer your question in a different post in this thread: indes
entries are part of the NTFS file system. They are involved in figuring
out where the pieces of a file lie on the drive.

They are not in the registry, as several posters have already said;
they are buried inside the directory (or folder, if you prefer)
entries on an NTFS drive.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Mon, 17 May 2010 15:34:00 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
<> wrote:

>On 5/15/10, posted:
>> Chkdsk has found about 20 incorrect Index Entries - but can't correct
>> them. Is there a good Registry Cleaner (fixer) that I can review?
>> Thanks........
>
>To answer your question in a different post in this thread: indes
>entries are part of the NTFS file system. They are involved in figuring
> out where the pieces of a file lie on the drive.
>
>They are not in the registry, as several posters have already said;
>they are buried inside the directory (or folder, if you prefer)
>entries on an NTFS drive.
Hi Gene! When I run CHKDSK /R, I get over 20 Incorrect Index Entries.
All of them say :

Index entry xxxxxxxxx.xxx in index $I30 of file 18703 is incorrect.

Where the xxxxxxxxxxx's are, each line has a different file name. The
indexes are all the same (I30) and the file number (18703) is the same
for all 20+ line items. I am experiencing a couple of annoying issues on
the laptop - but I haven't yet noticed a pattern.

I am using Vista Home Premium. The reason I used CHKDSK is that I lost
my sound. I tried to install Microsoft's Fix-It for sound, but got an
error message when I tried to install it. So, I'm attempting to fix what
I can - then contact Microsoft for additional help in installing FixIt
and getting my sound back. Apparently, losing sound with Vista (and HP
laptops) is widespread. If you can help me, it would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks...........

Bob