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04-06-2003, 09:10 AM
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Running chkdsk /f
Help please. I have tried Start ,Run, typed in chkdsk /f . I got small black box saying it can't be run and wants to know if I want it to run at next start. It has [Y/N]_ and the little line flashes. Well I have tried to click on the Y, I tried to type in the y I even tried to move the line under the Y. How do you get it to work? Thank you.
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04-06-2003, 09:25 AM
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Easiest way is to Start, right click My Computer, choose Open, right click drive, choose Properties, and select tools tab. Run it from there. If it is the system drive it will still prompt you to do it at next restart but this method hasn't failed for me yet.
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04-06-2003, 09:38 AM
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I have tried that several times and it has neve prompted me at the next start and I can't tell that it is doing anything.
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04-06-2003, 09:57 AM
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What OS are you running? What file system are you running??
If I remember right, chkdsk doesn't work on FAT 32 systems and you have to use ScanDisk. TwoRails |
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04-06-2003, 11:09 AM
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I have XP Home Edition which has NTFS.
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04-06-2003, 11:29 AM
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Sorry, WilliamP, I'm not sure about XP, but I have a feeling it won't work with NTFS. It won't even run on my Win 98.2 box with FAT 32.
TwoRails edit: PS: chkdsk on my system is basically a legacy program from DOS days. I would hope / imagine that if it is supplied with XP that they updated it to work with XP. Anyone know for sure?? Last edited by TwoRails; 04-06-2003 at 11:36 AM. |
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04-06-2003, 02:02 PM
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Check disk works on my XP. OS partition is NTFS, others are FAT32.
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04-07-2003, 11:53 PM
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It was Scandisk for the 9X OS's. It is Check Disk for XP. Yes it is different than scandisk. Have you tried running it from Disk Management?
It will run when you restart your computer. Make sure the logon you are using has Admin privileges. |
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