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Ghost Backup Image

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/ghost-backup-image.159842/

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tripleclutch Original post #1
Jul 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Last time I was performing backup, the pc unexpectedly shut down, while the backup process was incomplete. After booting, the incompletely backed image was taking 89GB space, so I deleted it. But again the next time I turned on my pc, it magically reappeared. Since then I tried deleting it several times, even using the delete backup option from the Backup and Restore menu, but it still appears again. Is there any way I can get rid of this useless space-consuming file? Please help.
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x64 #2
Jul 10, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Try using a live linux to delete it. It should work.
Gauravs90
Jul 11, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Do a chkdsk on that drive and it will automatically solve yuor problem
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Jul 11, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Yeah, how do you initiate a chkdsk on a drive intentionally?
Gauravs90
Jul 11, 2012 at 3:12 PM
open cmd and type in it

chkdsk #: /f

# is the drive letter, It will automatically fix the filesystem.
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Jul 11, 2012 at 4:13 PM
"Access Denied as you do not have sufficient privileges. You have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode" Shows up every time I try that.
Gauravs90
Jul 11, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Right click on cmd and select open as administrator and then type the following command.

chkdsk #: /f

# is the drive letter, It will automatically fix the filesystem.
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Jul 12, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Whohoo! it worked! Thanks man