Chkdsk related query

I have never ran chkdsk before on my laptop, its more than 2yrs old if I remember correctly - never had to do a system restore nor had OS fresh install.

I would like to know how often do I need to run chkdsk & are there any complications involved by running chkdsk ? I'm referring to data loss or OS crash in general, as I need to take precautions if I may face any.

My system files are on "C" drive, while I have installed most of my programs including FF on "D" , while E & F have been for all my other stuffs.. ranging from scripts, movies, images, songs & what not. From what I have learned by few tutorials over here, C drive needs to be checked during setup using schedule option while other drives can be checked even when I'm operating the system.

Goodlad mate it will have no harmful effect in fact it may pick up problems and fix run both of these

https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html<= DO NOT run on a SSD
Just as matter of interest why do you think you need to run a chkdsk??

A program most of us use here is this and used regularly with defrag should keep the system tidy.

CCleaner - Download when you run this one on the cleaner when it is finished go to Options > then Cookies > highlight the ones you use passwords for and send them to the right hand list for keeping and then go back to the cleaner and run.

just to update, I did the SFC & I got a msg "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix them. Details are included in CBS.log"

so, I made a new thread on the topic (over here), so that the main focus of this thread doesn't deviate

No probs goodlad and good thinking Brink is brilliant and I should have included that when I posted back.