Check Disk

FAT file systems were not designed to be completely failsafe. Unexpected power-loss can cause a variety of errors including lost directories, lost chains, and damaged files.

To overcome these limitations, HCC provides a checkdisk utility for use on your target system. It may be used to fix/recover from conditions which have occurred. The checkdisk utility ensures that the drive is returned to a usable state and allows the recovery of lost data.

Some of the errors the checkdisk utility can handle include lost chains, cross-linked chains, invalid file lengths, damaged directory entries, and damaged FAT entries. It will also give the user the option of recovering lost files.

A standard PC-based checkdisk utility would use considerable resources on an embedded system. HCC’s checkdisk utility has been specifically engineered to use minimal resources and to resolve all issues that may occur when using FAT.