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Vista's CHKDSK Command

Checks a disk and displays a status report.

CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]] [/B]

volume
Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name.
filename
FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
/F
Fixes errors on the disk.
/V
On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk. On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R
Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F).
/L:size
NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current size.
/X
Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid (implies /F).
/I
NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C
NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder structure.
/B
NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume (implies /R)

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by skipping certain checks of the volume.

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  • timo

    Apr 6, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    yes very good…

    but we all know that. problem is its still must be run in CMD mode as the defrag in vista is terrible with no graphical representation of whats going on.

    just run chkdsk /F to heal your disk.

    i assume chkdsk /F is what the so called defragmenter runs in the background?

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  • Craig

    Nov 26, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    Tip…the /x switch must proceed any other switches the require the drive to be unmounted. For example, “chkdsk x: /r /x” will fail, but “chkdsk x: /x” followed by “chkdsk x: /r” will work.

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