I checked both boxes in Windows Xp CHKDSK and rebooted.
CHKDSK completed in 2 hours - does it repair anything and if so what and how please....
2006-11-18 14:48:38 · 8 answers · asked by treving 42 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Who is this Inb o clown?
2006-11-19 02:24:21 · update #1
Clean your cache, = http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup and/or
Disk Cleaner = http://www.robertenfemke.nl/~diskclean
then Boot into safe mode, = http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001052409420406 , then go to Start/all programs/accessories/system tools/disk cleanup , and run disk cleanup ,
Then enable CHKDSK, = Click your "My Computer" in the start menu, R-Click the C: Drive, go down and click on properties in the drop menu. When the properties folder opens, click on the Tools Tab, The first item in the list is to do CHKDSK. Put a check mark in all the boxes/start/yes/apply/ok . The PC should be rebooted in safe mode to do the scan. To view the results of a CHKDSK go to Administrative Tools > Event Viewer > Application, look for the most recent Winlogon event and double-click on it.
Then run Disk Defrag from safe mode. After booting into safe mode go to Start/all programs/accessories/system tools/Disk Defragmenter. When you open "Defrag", click on "analyze", and it will tell you if you need to defrag or not.
2006-11-18 18:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What the chkdsk program does is go sector by sector through your hard drive and make sure that the directory settings that say what file should be at the location are correct.
If you checked both boxes, then it would repair any errors that it found. It would also have listed a line on the screen for each error telling what the track and sector or filename that it was repairing. If you do not get any messaged, then it did not find anything to fix (which is what you want - you do not want it finding a whole bunch of errors).
On the "/f" issue: if you are running chdsk within DOS or Recovery mode, then you need to add the "/f" to make it actually repair anything it finds. BUT if you selected the chkdsk within Windows, checked both boxes, and rebooted to start the chkdsk, then you did run if using the "/f". Windows added it for you when you checked the boxes.
2006-11-18 15:12:21 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If by any chance you are running chkdsk through windows XP recovery console, chkdsk /r is normally needed for it to repair any faults it finds though it may accept the /f instruction.
2006-11-19 11:50:00 · answer #3 · answered by scribble_kat 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it should be run as chkdsk /f to fix things
2006-11-18 14:56:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
like said above you need the /f on the end of it otherwise it just scans and tells you there is bad sectors if there is any.
It should help speed up your pc and reduce corrupted files and crashes.
2006-11-18 15:03:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it checks for bad sectors on your hard drive, if it didnt find anything you dont have anything to worry about
2006-11-18 14:51:41 · answer #6 · answered by cedley1969 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-18 15:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by lnd o 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2006-11-18 14:55:25 · answer #8 · answered by fomut24 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋