Checkdisk from a command prompt - help.

[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!

 

[Lem]

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!

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.

 

[Guest]

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 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!

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.

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!

 

[John H]

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

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!

 

[Alex Nichol]

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?

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