I ran chkdisk on my misbehaving Dell Vostro Laptop's C: (NTFS) from the command line in Safe mode and it shows:
The Master File Table's Bitmap Attribute is incorrect.
The Volume Bitmap is incorrect.
What do these usually mean? Are these signs of impending HDD failure or is it still worth running chkdisk /F /R
& trying to fix the problems?
Should I be cloning the disk (say, with dd or ddrescue) before running chkdisk in repair mode?
Context: Win7 Dell Vostro Laptop that hangs / slows down after Login