manually scandisk


  1. Posts : 416
    windows Ultimate
       #1

    manually scandisk


    How do I manually scandisk without the boot?
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  2. Posts : 8,398
    ultimate 64 sp1
       #2

    scandisk will not work on ntfs formatted drives.

    you want to use chkdsk instead.

    this tutorial may help...
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  3. Posts : 416
    windows Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Sorry, I meant chkdsk. How can I cksdsk manually then without the boot?
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  4. Posts : 2,072
    Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1
       #4

    As far i know you can't run chkdsk on a system drive which contains the Windows installation without booting 1st as the files are in use by the Operating System (OS). It works fine for other drives/partitions which are not in use by the OS.
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  5. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #5

    You can run chkdsk without any parameters (no /f or /r) to see if there are any problems, but if there are, you need to run it again with the /f or /r (/r preferred) parameter to actually correct any errors it finds. When you do you will get this message:

    The type of the file system is NTFS.
    Cannot lock current drive.

    Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
    process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
    checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)


    Reply Y then reboot.
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  6. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #6

    You have a read of this tutorial:

    Check Disk - chkdsk - Vista Forums
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  7. Posts : 650
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #7

    chkdisk runs with a reboot so as to not have conflicts with the Windows system. Even if you can run it without the flags it really doesn't gain you anything to do so as you would have to run it again to fix anything found. Further..if you don't scan for bad sectors (use only when needed) it doesn't take that long to run it.....I recommend fixing pointers always before a defrag but that is just a personal choice.
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