I have a portable drive that often slows Windows 10 boot. When performing an error check on this drive as recommended after booting (Properties->Tools->Error checking), it will say errors were found on the drive. The Event Viewer Chkdsk summary mentions something like:
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
The sparse flag in standard information attribute in file 0x1ba91
is not set.
Correcting sparse file record segment 113297.
The sparse flag in standard information attribute in file 0x1bad9
is not set.
Correcting sparse file record segment 113369.[...]
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
No further action is required.
The problem is that this error is never fixed but keeps repeating, with a different file identified each time. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this error for good since it slows the boot process?