(Note: this is not a duplicate of Insufficient disk space to repair master file table (MFT) mirror, since that didn't have an answer and that issue was fixed by reformatting the disk.)
I'm trying to put several Samsung HC103UJ drives back into service (1TB, 7200 RPM). For each drive, I've done a quick format, and then run:
chkdsk F: /r /x
The drives are mostly coming up clean. But for one drive, chkdsk
reports:
Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...
244149991 free clusters processed.
Free space verification is complete.
Phase duration (Free space recovery): 0.00 milliseconds.
Correcting errors in the Master File Table (MFT) mirror.
Insufficient disk space to repair master file table (MFT) mirror.
CHKDSK aborted.
So, following the suggestion in Insufficient disk space to repair master file table (MFT) mirror), I did a full low-level format of the drive and tried again. But this didn't solve the problem.
So two questions:
- The disk is totally blank. What does 'Insufficient disk space' imply in this case?
- Are there other switches for
chkdsk
or other tools designed to repair the MFT?