CHKDSK /F

[Guest]

How do I use chkdsk during bootup of Vista to repair corrupted files? I have
tried going to RUN and CMD in Vista, enter chkdsk /f, I'm prompted to
postpont chkdsk /F at next bootup. I restart VISTA, I push F8, select boot
to command prompt. The software opens to safemode with no icons in a large
box, and then I try chkdsk /f and I'm told that the drive is in use and I
must try again at next bootup. I try not using using F8 and I still can not
use chkdsk /f. The files I need to uncorrupt are in IE5.

What next?

 

[Willem]

How do I use chkdsk during bootup of Vista to repair corrupted files? I
have
tried going to RUN and CMD in Vista, enter chkdsk /f, I'm prompted to
postpont chkdsk /F at next bootup. I restart VISTA, I push F8, select
boot
to command prompt. The software opens to safemode with no icons in a
large
box, and then I try chkdsk /f and I'm told that the drive is in use and I
must try again at next bootup. I try not using using F8 and I still can
not
use chkdsk /f. The files I need to uncorrupt are in IE5.

What next?

If you enter chkdsk /f in Vista (using elevated privileges), all you have to
do is restart the machine.
DON'T press F8! After you see the green status bar + "Microsoft Corporation"
at the bottom of your screen, Checkdisk will start automatically.

Willem

 

[Guest]

Click on start -> Acessories then right click "Command Prompt" and choose
"Run as administrator" -> accept the UAC prompt by clicking ok or entering
your password. -> at the prompt type "chkdsk /f" (without the quotes) and
when prompted to run at next reboot type Y and press enter. after that,
simply close the command prompt, and reboot your computer normally (do not
try to run safe mode!) this should allow chkds to run normally on startup.

 

[Lenovo PC user]

Did you ever find a fix to your problem? I have the exact same issue. Same
hardware and software. I am in a catch 22 situation since I can't run chkdsk
/f to fix the dirty bit and thus can't do a backup. Based on what I have read
seems like a Lenovo issue. Does anyone have a workaround solution? I have
been looking for a way to make a bootable CD in vista to run chkdsk from a
unmounted volume.

Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.

Thks