Chkdsk utility

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I I keep getting a message on my computer about three corrupt
files (they are encrypted - and are unencryptable and undeletable )
and told to use Chkdsk utility. I can not find Chkdsk utility. I did a
search and it show nothing. Can someone help me with this and or
suggest software that will delete corrupt files with errors. I have
tried Erase but it will not do it. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
 
Open a command prompt and type:

CHKDSK C: /R

When it asks about doing this action during a reboot, type:

Y

reboot.

The fix/repair may take a long time, up to an hour.

CHKDSK tries to fix bad file tables, and even some corrupted files. It is
not always 100% effective, but it is the best Miscrosoft offers.
 
This is what might work.
Start/my computer/right click local disk "c"/click on properties/click on
the tools tab/click on error checking.
marvo
 
agalland2 said:
I I keep getting a message on my computer about three corrupt
files (they are encrypted - and are unencryptable and undeletable )
and told to use Chkdsk utility. I can not find Chkdsk utility. I did a
search and it show nothing. Can someone help me with this and or
suggest software that will delete corrupt files with errors. I have
tried Erase but it will not do it. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Click to expand...
Perhaps an obvious question but...
Can you get them from the DOS prompt?
 
In addition...
The file is chkdsk.exe in %windir%\system32 iand ts name is Check Disk
Utility.
It's also called Error Checking. chkdsk can be run from a command prompt.

Error Checking can be run from a GUI...
1. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive you want to
check and then click Properties.
2. On the Tools tab, click Check Now.
3. Check both boxes:

Automatically fix file system errors
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors

You have to reboot for Error-checking to run.

Any way that it is run, it creates a log.

For a look at the chkdsk log.

Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | Click OK |
Look in Application | Listed as Information |
Event ID: 1001
Source: Winlogon
[[Description: This includes file system type; drive letter or GUID, and
volume name or serial number to help determine what volume Chkdsk ran
against. Also included is whether Chkdsk ran because a user scheduled it or
because the dirty bit was set.]]

[[When Autochk runs against a volume at boot time it records its output to a
file called Bootex.log in the root of the volume being checked. The Winlogon
service then moves the contents of each Bootex.log file to the Application
Event log.]]

[[This file states whether Chkdsk encountered any errors and, if so,
whether they were fixed.]]


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