Q161801: Chkdsk Reports an Erroneous Event ID 41

Article: Q161801
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool
Last Modified: 21-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you run "chkdsk <drive_letter>: /f" (without the quotation marks),
you may receive the following event in the system event log:

  Event ID: 41
  Source: Disk
  Description: The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable.
  Please run the chkdsk utility on the device Device\Harddiskx\Partitionx with
  label "xxxx".

NOTE: The "xxxx" is the volume label of the partition.

CAUSE
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Chkdsk reports the wrong text message in the event log. The message should
read:

  "Autochk will be run on this volume because user has selected it."

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


Additional query words: prodnt

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Keywords          : kbtool 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : :4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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