Run a Chkdsk Function on Windows XP
This article will tell you how to perform the check disk function on Windows XP.
Contents
Steps
- Click Start > Run.
- In the Run box, type the following text: cmd
- Click OK.
- At the command prompt, type the drive letter of the drive you want to check (followed by a colon), and press Enter.
- For example, to check drive D, type: d: (Enter)
- Access the root directory of the drive by typing: cd\ (Enter)
- Type the chkdsk / command followed by <switch><switch>one of the following switches:
- Use the /f switch to automatically repair file system errors, type: chkdsk /f </switch></switch><switch><switch>(Enter).
- Use the /r switch to repair file system errors and scan for and recover bad sectors, type: chkdsk /r </switch></switch><switch><switch>(Enter).
- If you don't specify a switch for </switch></switch><switch><switch>Chkdsk, any errors that are found will not be fixed.
- If you are prompted to schedule </switch></switch><switch><switch>Chkdsk to run the next time the computer restarts (because </switch></switch><switch><switch>Chkdsk needs exclusive access to the drive it's checking), type y </switch></switch><switch><switch>(Enter).
- At the command prompt, type: exit </switch></switch><switch><switch>(Enter)
- If you had to schedule the </switch></switch><switch><switch>Chkdsk operation, then restart your computer.
- When Windows is loading, </switch></switch><switch><switch>Chkdsk should automatically run and check the drive that you specified earlier.
- The second most easiest way is to click (start menu/My computer/the disk you want to check for example c:).
- Right click the disk to be checked that can be c:.
- After right clicking click on (Properties/Tools/Check now (tab).
Tips
- For best results schedule the check disk utility to run automatically.
Warnings
- This may take a while depending on hardware speed and number of errors on the hard disk.
