chkdsk doesn't repair the file system corruption I have, now what?

chkdsk doesn't repair the file system corruption I have, now what? Operating system is Windows XP w/SP3. While running Paragon Disk Wiper, to clean the unused portion of my system partition of garbage, it belches and comes up with this error "Incorrect dir structure - Errors in dir tree" CHKDSK should be used to correct.
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Guest [Entry]

"It appears as if your file system is corrupt and you might have to completely erase your hard drive and re-partition it (after you backup your data, of course).

I have head of cases where people have been booting into the XP recovery mode, running CHDSK from there, boot into the computer and repeat that cycle about 100 times and it eventually 'fixed' the problems, but all this sounds like a lot of hassle.

I strongly suggest you re-parition your whole hard drive again to remove any of these errors."

Guest [Entry]

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