Re: [OT] NTFS is fast at fsck/chkdsk NOT !

Gordon Chaffee (chaffee@cs.berkeley.edu)
Sun, 13 Jun 1999 00:16:00 -0700 (PDT)

DAVID BALAZIC writes:
> Who said that NT with NTFS recovers fast from corruptions ?
> Who said is fscks ( chkdsk actually ) fast on boot ?
>
> I don't know what setup they are using , but on a NT4SP4 box here
> a chkdsk lasts just as long as it would a fsck on ext2.

The only reason you are seeing chkdsk run is because your filesystem
is FAT based, not NTFS. chkdsk never runs on an NTFS filesystem.
Check your facts a little more carefully before posting.

- Gordon

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