NTFS file system fun

[DIGITALgimpus]

Recently been having fun with NTFS. I checked a few systems, and had a few others check theirs, and found quite a few had results similar to this:

C:\>chkdsk /v
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is IBM_PRELOAD.

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
Index verification completed.
Detected minor inconsistencies on the drive. This is not a corruption.
CHKDSK is recovering lost files.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
Security descriptor verification completed.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

54484888 KB total disk space.
35441616 KB in 238281 files.
102600 KB in 26474 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
364136 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
18576536 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
13621222 total allocation units on disk.
4644134 allocation units available on disk.

Anyone else have this? I've had it before and ran for about 2yrs with no issues. Anyone know of a real fix?

What's interesting is if you do a chkdsk /f /i you don't see anything is wrong. It seems like when the OS is loaded, there are inaccuracies.

I'm well aware of how much NTFS sticks, from the fact that it's proprietary (hence no 3rd party tools), reserved filenames, to it lacking necessary features such as Symbolic links. I like HFS+ which can defrag on the fly.

Anyone else test this out a bit?

[MadeInJapan]

There are 3rd party tools...such as a NTFS boot disc where you can see your files and manipulate them. Look at http://www.ntfs.com/
Regards, MIJ

[DIGITALgimpus]

It gets better, look at the difference when using /v (which should only provide more details not different output

C:\>chkdsk /v
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is IBM_PRELOAD.

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SII of file 9.
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 9.
Cleaning up 3 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

54484888 KB total disk space.
35679256 KB in 240769 files.
103568 KB in 26647 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
364136 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
18337928 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
13621222 total allocation units on disk.
4584482 allocation units available on disk.

C:\>

Notice Index verification had a different output.

Just strange.