Chkdsk utility

[agalland2]

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.

 

[Bob Harris]

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.

 

[marvo]

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

 

[Drumstick]

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.

Perhaps an obvious question but...
Can you get them from the DOS prompt?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

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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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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