How to Run a CHKDSK Utility for XP
If your Windows XP computer has an issue with one of its hard drives, you may be able to fix the problem and recover lost data by using the CHKDSK utility. CHKDSK runs a series of error-checking and error-fixing functions on a hard drive to help repair bad sectors, find lost clusters and fix directory errors, all of which are issues that can cause your hard drive not to function properly. Knowing how to use CHKDSK properly is extremely important, especially when your critical data may be at stake.
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Instructions
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Open a command prompt on your computer by clicking on the Start button, clicking Run and typing CMD into the run box, and then clicking the OK button.
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In the command window, use the following command syntax to use CHKDSK: chkdsk drive_letter: /p /r. Substitute the drive letter that you want to scan, and choose whether you want to simply scan the drive (/p) or scan and repair bad sectors and recover any readable information on the drive (/r). For example, if you wanted to repair disk drive D, you would run the following command in the command-prompt window: chkdsk d: /r.
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Wait for anywhere from a few minutes to several hours for the operation to complete. The total time it takes depends on the size of the hard drive, your processor speed, whether you chose to scan or scan and fix and how many files are on the drive you are scanning. When CHKDSK is finished, a report will be displayed detailing what errors were found and what files were repaired. You will be able to access the drive again once the CHKDSK process completes.
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Tips & Warnings
In order to run, CHKDSK must have exclusive access to the hard drive. This means that if you want to run CHKDSK on your boot drive, you will be given a choice (when you run the command) to automatically have CHKDSK run when you restart your computer the next time. This will cause CHKDSK to run on your computer the next time you restart it but before it will allow you to log in to Windows.
Your computer may occasionally ask you to run CHKDSK when you start it up. This can happen if the computer detects that there are files on your hard drive that need to be fixed. While you do not have to complete this process, it would be wise to do so to ensure that any problems do not continue developing into more serious ones.
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