Checkdisk from a command prompt - help.

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John H

I have on several occasions seen the recommendation to "run checkdisk
from a command prompt."

Would some kind soul please explain what is meant by this and how it
is done?

Thanks!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
 
John said:
I have on several occasions seen the recommendation to "run checkdisk
from a command prompt."

Would some kind soul please explain what is meant by this and how it
is done?

Thanks!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
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A "command prompt" is the "DOS-like" window that you can open either from
the Start > All Programs menu or by Start > Run and typing cmd and then
clicking Enter.

Once in this command prompt window, you can execute various commands.
CHKDSK "verifies the logical integrity of a file system. If CHKDSK
encounters logical inconsistencies in file system data, CHKDSK performs
actions that repair the file system data (assuming that the data is not
in read-only mode)."

You can find more about CHKDSK by going to
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto and searching for it.
 
Start/Run/type CHKDSK.EXE and press Enter
o
Open the Command Prompt - Start/All Programs/Accessorie
At the blinking cursor type CHKDSK and press Enter
 
John said:
I have on several occasions seen the recommendation to "run checkdisk
from a command prompt."

Would some kind soul please explain what is meant by this and how it
is done?

Thanks!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
Click to expand...

A "command prompt" is the "DOS-like" window that you can open either from
the Start > All Programs menu or by Start > Run and typing cmd and then
clicking Enter.

Once in this command prompt window, you can execute various commands.
CHKDSK "verifies the logical integrity of a file system. If CHKDSK
encounters logical inconsistencies in file system data, CHKDSK performs
actions that repair the file system data (assuming that the data is not
in read-only mode)."

You can find more about CHKDSK by going to
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto and searching for it.
Click to expand...

Thank you so much. Very concise and clear. I appreciate it.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
 
Start/Run/type CHKDSK.EXE and press Enter.
or
Open the Command Prompt - Start/All Programs/Accessories
At the blinking cursor type CHKDSK and press Enter
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Thanks to you also. Your responses will be locked on my machine
forever.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
 
John said:
I have on several occasions seen the recommendation to "run checkdisk
from a command prompt."

Would some kind soul please explain what is meant by this and how it
is done?
Click to expand...

Start - All Programs - Accessories - Command Prompt.

In the window type in the command
CHKDSK C: /F
and hit Enter (presuming it is drive C: you want to fix)

It will then in the case of C: give two messages of complaint - reply Y
and enter to each. then
EXIT
This will set up CHKDSK to be run next time you boot the machine, so
shut down and restart for it to run
 
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