ChkDsk issue

[dirtycar74]

How can I force ChkDsk to run on a disk that it says is non-XP? (it is an
external USB drive that is or should be universal to all windows versions) -
XP says its not an XP drive and automatically cancels the check without
asking me if I want to do it or not - win2000 does the same thing. How can
this be stopped?

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[Guest]

What OS did you format the drive with?
What type file system?

If it's not FAT or NTFS, windows doesn't recognize it and can't format it.

is it mac?

 

[S.Sengupta]

Open Command Prompt and there you type:-

chkdsk x:
[where x=your external USB Drive letter]

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]