Running a Disk Check
- Open My Computer
- Right click on the drive you want to check
- Select Properties
- Click on the Tools tab
- Click on the Check Now button
- Check to Automatically fix file system errors - This is the same as
running chkdsk /f
- If you want to Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors, check that
box - This is the same as running chkdsk /R. It can also add a lot of time
to the scan
- Reboot if necessary
You can also run chkdsk from the command line with will give you more
options.
The following switches are available:
/F - fix any errors
/R - identifies bad sectors
/V - with FAT32, displays a verbose output
With NTFS Volumes:
/I - Performs simpler check
/C - Skips the checking of cycles within folder structures
/X - Forces the volume to dismount if necessary. This option is intended for
server administrators and should be avoided for normal use