I said that very same thing about the 'M' and copy/pasted it a 2nd time then typed it out.
Unfortunately, the same return was received and the screenshot is attached.
Here is the chkdsk log: (i hope i did it correctly)
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Wininit
Date: 2/17/2013 3:05:39 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: MALSKL-LaptopA
Description:
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 5)...
115200 file records processed.
File verification completed.
346 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
0 EA records processed.
43 reparse records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)...
143156 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 5)...
115200 file SDs/SIDs processed.
Cleaning up 4170 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 4170 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 4170 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
13979 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
34353568 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
115184 files processed.
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
10285112 free clusters processed.
Free space verification is complete.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
62417919 KB total disk space.
21013588 KB in 66723 files.
45192 KB in 13980 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
218687 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
41140452 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
15604479 total allocation units on disk.
10285113 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
00 c2 01 00 4b 3b 01 00 6f 4b 02 00 00 00 00 00 ....K;..oK......
25 04 00 00 2b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 %...+...........
a8 8a 15 00 50 01 14 00 e8 17 14 00 00 00 14 00 ....P...........
Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Wininit" Guid="{206f6dea-d3c5-4d10-bc72-989f03c8b84b}" EventSourceName="Wininit" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">1001</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-02-17T21:05:39.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>57875</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>MALSKL-LaptopA</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 5)...
115200 file records processed.
File verification completed.
346 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
0 EA records processed.
43 reparse records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)...
143156 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 5)...
115200 file SDs/SIDs processed.
Cleaning up 4170 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 4170 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 4170 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
13979 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
34353568 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
115184 files processed.
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
10285112 free clusters processed.
Free space verification is complete.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
62417919 KB total disk space.
21013588 KB in 66723 files.
45192 KB in 13980 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
218687 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
41140452 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
15604479 total allocation units on disk.
10285113 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
00 c2 01 00 4b 3b 01 00 6f 4b 02 00 00 00 00 00 ....K;..oK......
25 04 00 00 2b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 %...+...........
a8 8a 15 00 50 01 14 00 e8 17 14 00 00 00 14 00 ....P...........
Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
</EventData>
</Event>
Thank you for the info on the screenshop upload and all that you have worked through with me.