I'm using Acronis VMProtect to back up my virtual machines. I am trying to diagnose a warning message with Acronis technical support. One Windows 2008 32-bit VM with 2 virtual hard disks attached backs up successfully but with the following warning message:
Additional info:
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Error code: 46
Module: 7
LineInfo: a5695862aaf8e75e
Fields: PartitionId : 219
Message: Forced sector-by-sector mode.
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Error code: 24
Module: 7
LineInfo: 89d94b01b483dc8b
Fields:
Message: MFT bitmap is corrupted.
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So I ran chkdsk /r on both C: and D: drives and it required a reboot to run prior to the system fully booting up. Windows performed this chkdsk and after about an hour it resumed normal operation.
Still having the same random warnings in Acronis VMProtect, they swear that the MFT is bad. However the VM runs perfectly! There's no data loss at all!!!! So I download testdisk-6.14 and under Advanced > Boot, it says Boot sector OK, backup boot sector OK, Sectors are identical. But if I go to Repair MFT it says "MFT and MFT mirror are bad. Failed to repair them".
If the MFT is really bad, how in the world would the machine be able to boot up and operate normally with no filesystem errors reported in eventlogs or chkdsk? I'm almost thinking this could be a false positive due to the way VMWare is "virtual" and its not really a physical disk.
If there is an impending disaster, whats the best way to mitigate that risk? Cloaning the machine?