Direct file table manipulation
This is a topic I wanted to raise after dealing with a ridiculous file system error.
When XP booted up with my flash drive plugged in, it performed a chkdsk that promptly broke three of my files. It failed to update the file table so the entries were still there, but I couldn't delete them because nothing existed therein. I chkdsk'd again but it didn't find any errors, because after all it was responsible for them. Force-delete utilities were unable to solve the problem because, again, the file didn't actually exist. So does anybody know how to directly modify or regenerate the file table?
When XP booted up with my flash drive plugged in, it performed a chkdsk that promptly broke three of my files. It failed to update the file table so the entries were still there, but I couldn't delete them because nothing existed therein. I chkdsk'd again but it didn't find any errors, because after all it was responsible for them. Force-delete utilities were unable to solve the problem because, again, the file didn't actually exist. So does anybody know how to directly modify or regenerate the file table?
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