{"id":130,"date":"2014-06-05T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2014-06-05T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:28:00","slug":"running-chkdsk-on-a-drive-being-used-by-windows-server-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/running-chkdsk-on-a-drive-being-used-by-windows-server-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Chkdsk on a Drive Being Used by Windows Server Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You try running chkdsk on a drive that is being used by (typically) SBS backup. As such, it doesn’t have a drive letter. So you’re stuck. Or are you? Yes you are! But…<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Found by Michelle T, h\/t Knight-Time Ramblings aka Chris Knight)<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Running chkdsk on a Drive Allocated to Windows Server Backup<\/pre>\n
Occasionally I see Windows Server Backup throw odd errors pointing to problems with the disk allocated to Windows Server Backup, such as the bizarre \u201cThere is not enough space on the disk\u201d \u2013 bizarre in that Windows Server Backup is supposed to automagically manage the disk space allocation and tidy up.<\/div>\n
The normal course of action would be to run chkdsk \/f on the drive, but the drive doesn\u2019t have a drive letter allocated to it. Nor are you supposed to allocate a drive letter to it. The solution? Use the Volume GUID.<\/p>\n
To find the Volume GUID, type in the following at an elevated Command Prompt:<\/p>\n
mountvol<\/code><\/p>\n
This will return the command syntax for the mountvol command, followed by the existing volumes and their mount points. We\u2019re interested in the Volume GUID immediately above this line:<\/p>\n
*** NO MOUNT POINTS ***<\/code><\/p>\n
It will look something like this:<\/p>\n
\\\\?\\Volume{12345678-1234-5678-9abc-123456789abc}\\<\/code><\/p>\n
We now take this Volume GUID minus the trailing slash and feed it to chkdsk, like this:<\/p>\n
chkdsk \/f \\\\?\\Volume{12345678-1234-5678-9abc-123456789abc}<\/code><\/p>\n
This will then allow chkdsk to perform a consistency check and fix of the drive allocated to Windows Server Backup without needing to allocate a drive letter.<\/p>\n
Posted by   Chris Knight <\/a> <\/span> <\/span>  at 11:11 pm<\/abbr><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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