General Question: CHKDSK

JawniHawni · 10-03-2006

Just a general question about it. What does it really do? I mean, what are teh principals behind it. I know it checks through your hard drives and see if there's any flaws anywhere and if you've given it a specific parameter it'll repair it and so on.

So that's that. I just want to know what it really does, as in what it's programmed to do.

upgrader · 10-03-2006

Hi JawniHawni

I just did a quick google search and found this hope it helps.

CHKDSK - CHecK DiSK

GaRHaR · 10-03-2006

Hi Jawni,

The original version (that came with DOS) would go through every sector of the hard drive and detect whether or not it was corrupt or useable. It was a good tool as a first line of defense to remove the bad sectors...try and right them.

Unfortunatly I believe they may have changed the code to fit it in with Windows XP...and lost it's goodness.

Arctos · 10-03-2006

Originally Posted by GaRHaR

Unfortunatly I believe they may have changed the code to fit it in with Windows XP...and lost it's goodness.

The goodness is still there if you run it from the Recovery Console: Chkdsk /r

How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP

10-03-2006	#1
JawniHawni Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 71	General Question: CHKDSK Just a general question about it. What does it really do? I mean, what are teh principals behind it. I know it checks through your hard drives and see if there's any flaws anywhere and if you've given it a specific parameter it'll repair it and so on. So that's that. I just want to know what it really does, as in what it's programmed to do.

10-03-2006	#2
upgrader Site Manager Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: /home/upgrader/ Posts: 7,250 PC Experience: Some Experience	Hi JawniHawni I just did a quick google search and found this hope it helps. CHKDSK - CHecK DiSK __________________ PCHF Rules--PCHF Prework--PCHF Downloads

10-03-2006	#3
GaRHaR Tech Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Western Australia Posts: 6,068 PC Experience: Elite PC Guru	Hi Jawni, The original version (that came with DOS) would go through every sector of the hard drive and detect whether or not it was corrupt or useable. It was a good tool as a first line of defense to remove the bad sectors...try and right them. Unfortunatly I believe they may have changed the code to fit it in with Windows XP...and lost it's goodness. __________________ < Prework \| PSU Calculator \| PCHF Rules \| Microsoft Knowledge Base \| Guru 3D \| Toms Hardware \| Blackle.com - Spread the word! >

10-03-2006	#4
Arctos Tech Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bundaberg, Australia Posts: 3,712 PC Experience: RTM Assoc. Dip.	Originally Posted by GaRHaR Unfortunatly I believe they may have changed the code to fit it in with Windows XP...and lost it's goodness. The goodness is still there if you run it from the Recovery Console: Chkdsk /r How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP __________________ Bikpela Google bilong mi wantok - Malware Prework Join the PC Help Forum WCG Team and fight cancer with us! PCHF open 24/7

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