Chkdsk Reports an Erroneous Event ID 41

Last reviewed: November 20, 1997
Article ID: Q161801

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you run "chkdsk <drive_letter>: /f", 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

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

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
Keywords : ntfilesys kbtool
Version : WINNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbpending

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Last reviewed: November 20, 1997
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