From the recovery console the option is chkdsk /r
in recovery console you have /p or /r and /r is the same as /f except more
exhaustive. You can verify as usual by using /? to see your options. :-)


"DavidJ726" <DavidJ726@hasnoaddress.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Dave & John, the answers certainly helped in guiding me to what I
> need to do next. I'll boot from the XP cd and start the recovery console,
> and if the chkdsk /f doesn't work I'll end up using Spinrite to retrieve
> data that isn't backed up. Not what I want to do, but might be what I
> need to do... <sigh>
>
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> "DavidJ726" <DavidJ726@hasnoaddress.com> wrote in message
> news:O77kQtuaHHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> My slave drive (D has become unaccesable and the error message I
>> receive is Corrupt Master File Table.
>>
>> I have a Dual boot System with XP on the C: drive and Vista Beta on the
>> D: drive. I know I can boot from the XP CD and from the recovery
>> console, run the fxmbr and chkdsk/f commands, but what I don't know is if
>> the Master File Table was modified when I installed Vista on the D:
>> drive, so I don't know if I should use XP's tools or Vista's (MRE?)
>> tools. If I use XP tools and the file was modified by Vista, shoudn't I
>> use Vista's tools?
>>
>> Also, during my searches it seems that the Master Boot Record and Master
>> File Table have been discussed as if they're one in the same, are they?
>> Can fxmbr repair a Master File Table?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
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