{"id":9414,"date":"2015-04-27T17:52:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T21:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=9414"},"modified":"2015-04-27T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T21:52:56","slug":"find-and-repair-hard-drive-errors-with-windows-chkdsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/find-and-repair-hard-drive-errors-with-windows-chkdsk\/","title":{"rendered":"Find and Repair Hard Drive Errors With Windows CHKDSK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Find and Repair Hard Drive Errors With Windows CHKDSK<\/h1>\n<p>CHDSK is a handy tool included with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Window 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10, that\u00a0you can use to check your hard drives for errors. Most of the time CHKDSK can also\u00a0fix the errors it finds.<\/p>\n<p>You should run CHKDSK every two or three months to check the integrity of your hard drive(s) and to fix any errors you may have. The average life span of a hard drive varies \u2014 but we\u2019ve found that once a hard drive is\u00a0five or six years old, they start to fail &#8211; but there is no standard hard drive life. We use our computers more heavily than most users \u2013 so with lighter use a hard drive may last longer.<\/p>\n<p>But, there\u2019s more to running CHKDSK than running it in the default mode. By using \u201cswitches\u201d you can run CHKDSK like a pro, even if you\u2019re not. Amaze your friends with your knowledge! It\u2019s easy. We\u2019ll show you how to use Scan Disk and show you a few switches you can use when running CHKDSK (and a little explanation of what each switch does):<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s Check Our Hard Drive(s):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Double click on My Computer<\/li>\n<li>Right click on the drive you want to check<\/li>\n<li>Select Properties<\/li>\n<li>Click on the Tools tab<\/li>\n<li>Click the \u201cCheck Now\u201d button<\/li>\n<li>Select \u201cAutomatically fix file system errors\u201d<br \/>\nNote: this is the same as running CHKDSK \/f.<\/li>\n<li>Select (if desired) \u201cScan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors\u201d<br \/>\nThis is the same as using the switch CHKDSK \/R.\u00a0this\u00a0scan takes a long time \u2013 so be prepared<\/li>\n<li>Reboot if necessary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also run CHKDSK from the command line (Run) which will give you even more options. Click \u201cStart\u201d then \u201cRun\u201d\u00a0 then type CMD . When the DOS-like window appears, type in one of the following commands at the prompt (the flashing cursor). Be sure you leave a space after CHKDSK (before the slash) or it won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the \u201cswitches\u201d available. If you\u2019re currently running Windows and you\u2019re attempting to run CHKDSK on the Windows drive you\u2019ll get a message that the volume (drive) is currently in use. You\u2019ll be asked if you want to run CHKDSK the next time you start Windows. If that\u2019s what you want to do (and it normally is, type \u201cY\u201d without the quotes).<\/p>\n<p>CHKDSK \/F (Run CHKDSK and fix any errors)<br \/>\nCHKDSK \/R (Run CHKDSK and identify bad sectors)<br \/>\nCHKDSK \/V (Run CHKDSK on FAT32 drives and display a verbose (wordy) output<br \/>\nCHKDSK \/I (Run CHKDSK on NTFS drives and display a verbose output)<br \/>\nCHKDSK \/C (Run CHKDSK and skip the checking of cycles within folder structures)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find and Repair Hard Drive Errors With Windows CHKDSK CHDSK is a handy tool included with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Window 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10, that\u00a0you can use to check your hard drives for errors. Most of the time CHKDSK can also\u00a0fix the errors it finds. You should run CHKDSK every two or three months to\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/find-and-repair-hard-drive-errors-with-windows-chkdsk\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9416,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414\/revisions\/9416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}