Summary: hi all few questions regarding CHDDSK in XP: - does it make any sense to run this from a "command" window (without /f parm). When we run it from it ...
Summary: A long time ago i got a problem, that chkdsk run everytime i booted up Windows, so i removed "BootExecute" values from the registry. I just checked fr...
Summary: I just ran CHKDSK (the XP version of scandisk) and it completed but it didn't tell me if I had any errors or not. Does this mean that it took care of ...
Summary: well I have to say you probably dont need to defragment, true. But being a gamer and a computer person. I got my server defragmenting once a week an...
Summary: Sorry about the long post. I have an ASUS P4C800E mainboard and I am using the onboard Promise RAID 0 controller for two WD Raptor 74GB drives. I hav...
Summary: I saved my document, walked away from the computer, came back and saw the black screen of death.. with only the words: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME. Every...
Summary: On a dell w/intel mm3(?) a friend has yahoo Messenger it lately always starts with 'chkdsk' I have run fixIt program NO GOOD RESULTS. Coes back corrup...
Summary: Ken, I like the input you gave Sari and have comment and a follow-up question or two: 1. I like building my own PCs but the HP I bought two months ag...
Summary: go to a cmd prompt and run chkdsk /f Answer yes to the question and reboot. It will check/correct your disk issues. You may not be defragging your d...
Summary: all excellent suggestions. question I have is what is it you are repairing or what is it that requires you to run sfc? have you run chkdsk /f on each ...
Summary: I wanted to run chkdsk, but it said that it couldn't lock the drive, and asked if I wanted to run it next time I started Windows. I said yes, and it ...
Summary: The chkdsk that autocheck runs is not as thorough as the real checkdisk. I'd suggest you boot to the recovery console and then run chkdsk /r on the dr...
Summary: Ok, I have two questions...two completely seperate questions. 1. What exactly is the difference between scandisk and chkdsk? All I know is that scandi...
Summary: I have what may be the same problem on two different computers. On my eMacines computer, when I try to run either Scandisk on reboot or chkdsk on DOS...
Summary: Hmm.. I just run on the same problem. Ok, I did boot in safe mode, but the question remains: The message on screen sais "windows has finished checkin...
Summary: This seems like a stupid question but I can't find an answer anywhere... After I run chkdsk in XP, either by "Error checking" the disk in Windows (und...
Summary: I have a question about CHKDSK /F If I run it, could it potentially damage my hard drive's contents/files? I ask because the dirty bit is set on my C...
Summary: Or go to run and type 'cmd' and hit enter Type e: and hit enter. Now type chkdsk /f and answer yes to the question. Exit. Shutdown and reboot. Che...
Summary: Xp came with this computer, but I sure miss my w98se. Almost like starting over. Using chkdsk,when I check 'auto fix file system errors' I get the me...
Summary: Hi- I'm new here so just want to say "hi" first.....i'm also new to windows xp and i hope you won't hold that against me.:-) i just got my new syst...
Summary: Earlier this week I was reformatting one of my hard drive partitions and reinstalling windows xp pro on it. Before i formatted this harddrive, i took...
Summary: At the cmd prompt did you type chkdsk /f or chkdsk /r ? Did you get a question after that? If so what did you answer? Helps if you include the detai...
Summary: im getting errors running chkdsk, it just quits in the middle...it wants run when i start up automatically but when it gets to step 2 with with indexe...
Summary: I'm interested in doing this for my page file. My question is am i able to implement it on 2x1gb partitions - each partition on a seperate drive. ie c...
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