Clearing the NTFS Journals in Vista

Question

I'm using Vista and have several NTFS drives.

Is there any way I can clear the journals and disable further journaling?

I take it you just got an SSD? – digitxp Jan 03 '11 at 04:15 — digitxp, Jan 03 '11 at 04:15
I'm using a traditional HDD. – Russell Jan 03 '11 at 04:30 — Russell, Jan 03 '11 at 04:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '11 at 04:17

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Open up and administrator prompt (search Command Prompt in Start menu, right click on option, Run as Administrator) then paste this block in:

fsutil usn deletejournal /d C:

(You'll have to paste using right click, by the way.) You can do this with every drive letter.

answered Jan 03 '11 at 04:17

digitxp

Thanks. Are there any precautions from doing this? – Russell Jan 03 '11 at 04:31
My general motto is to **backup your data, or it will end up like the unicorns in Noah's ark**. – digitxp Jan 03 '11 at 12:52

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