Disk Check

Brink · 20 Apr 2015

sfwul said:

Is it possible to run chkdsk on multiple drives?
Whilst restarting Windows first - similar to running chkdsk on drive c:

Thanks
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Hello sfwul,

You can run chkdsk in separate command prompt window per drive to be able to run chkdsk on multiple drives simultaneously. :)

sfwul · 20 Apr 2015

Thanks.

For good order's sake: in my post, 2nd line at the end, I wrote a 'c:' plus a ')' which was confusing as it returned into a smiley, obviously.

what I meant is:
RMB C-drive properties->tab Tool -> [Check now...]
offers users to schedule a chkdsk, so it next reboot it will run the chkdsk.

My idea was then to run it multiple drives - it will take hours, so I would then go on to do something else in the meantime.

But you are right (of course...): the task can be performed running it from multiple CMD sessions.
Didn't of it.

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Brink · 20 Apr 2015

I'm not aware of a way to schedule it to automatically run on multiple drives at boot like that. The only workaround that I know of are the multiple CMD sessions.

Olhippie · 14 Apr 2021

I discovered I had and error on my computer when I tried to make a backup and a system image in case there was a future problem with this computer and I do not want to lose very important sorftware I can not get again.
So I tried to do a check disk and selected fix errors. then I got the message it can not do it because "C" is being used, then i followed the instructions I saw in here about scheduling it after start up & to be careful to not cancel it....OK so i restarted immediately after clicking the "schedule thing" and waited and waited and waited, until me desktop is sitting there and nothing seems to be going on....zip...nota...how do I get this dang check disk thing to work?

Brink · 14 Apr 2021

Olhippie said:

I discovered I had and error on my computer when I tried to make a backup and a system image in case there was a future problem with this computer and I do not want to lose very important sorftware I can not get again.
So I tried to do a check disk and selected fix errors. then I got the message it can not do it because "C" is being used, then i followed the instructions I saw in here about scheduling it after start up & to be careful to not cancel it....OK so i restarted immediately after clicking the "schedule thing" and waited and waited and waited, until me desktop is sitting there and nothing seems to be going on....zip...nota...how do I get this dang check disk thing to work?

Hello, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If you like, you could use option 2 to manually run chkdsk in a command prompt at boot.

Olhippie · 14 Apr 2021

Brink said:

Hello, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If you like, you could use option 2 to manually run chkdsk in a command prompt at boot.

Can you show me how to do that? I am not exactly a computer Gu Ru.
I heard the term command prompt but dont know how to find it, open it or use it.

Brink · 14 Apr 2021

Olhippie said:

Can you show me how to do that? I am not exactly a computer Gu Ru.
I heard the term command prompt but dont know how to find it, open it or use it.

The tutorial below can help show you how to open a command prompt at boot.

Command Prompt at Startup

From there, it's just a matter of following the steps in option 2 on the first post here.

If you have any questions on the steps, please just let me know.