Windows 8 In Depth

CHKDSK: Checking for Hard Disk Errors

In Chapter 25, “Managing Hard Disks and Storage Spaces,” you learned how to use the Check Disk utility to check a hard disk for errors. Check Disk also comes with a command-line version called CHKDSK that you can run in a Command Prompt window.

Here’s the syntax for CHKDSK:

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

volume

The drive letter (followed by a colon) or mount point.

filename

On FAT16 and FAT32 disks, the name of the file to check. Include the path if the file isn’t in the current folder.

/F

Tells CHKDSK to automatically fix errors. This is the same as running the Check Disk GUI with the Automatically Fix File System Errors option activated.

/V

Runs CHKDSK in verbose ...