chkdsk command not recognized

[Allen]

Using win 2000 sp4. When I open a command window and enter "chkdsk" I get
the following message:



C:\>chkdsk
'chkdsk' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>

A few commands such as copy, dir are recognized, but most are not
recognized. Windows seems to be working just fine.

Any suggestions as to what may be happening?

Big Al

 

[Bill DeShawn]

Check your path. type PATH from the command prompt. You should get
something back like this:
PATH=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\system32\WBEM
If not, create an Autoexec.bat file on C:\ with NOTEPAD and include the
following line:
set path=%path%;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\system32\WBEM

This is not something you should have to do, but only a bandaid to hide
temporarily fix the real problem. But if the rest of the computer works
fine, it could be a satisfactory fix for you.


Bill DeShawn
(e-mail address removed)
http://pages.prodigy.net/bdeshawn/bdeshawn.htm

 

[Big Al]

Bill,

You nailed it. When I installed the new Diskeeper 8, it wiped out the
original path statement and replaced it with a path pointing only to the
Diskeeper Directory.

AL