When you run the chkdsk command on the disk that contains the corrupted file, you receive an error message that is similar to the following message:
The type of the file system is NTFS. The volume is in use by another process. Chkdsk might report errors when no corruption is present. 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)... Correcting minor file name errors in file 31. Correcting minor file name errors in file 34. Deleting index entry <Filename>.DOC in index $I30 of file 29. Deleting index entry <Filename>.doc in index $I30 of file 29. Deleting index entry <Filename>.XLS in index $I30 of file 29. Deleting index entry <Filename>.xls in index $I30 of file 29. Index verification completed. Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode.
Event Type: Error Event Source: NTFS Event Category: Disk Event ID: 55 Date: <date> Time: <time> User: N/A Computer: <computer name> Description: The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume \Device\HarddiskVolume2.