Using Windows 7, how do I run CHKDSK?

Anonymous
2011-02-27T02:35:59+00:00

I've searched throughout the Control Panel and it's submenus and options but can find no means to initiate a scan for disk errors!

I did find chkdsk.exe in the Windows\System32 folder but when I double click it, the only response is a flash of the DOS {black, command prompt} screen! Is that the correct response?!

Is there no way to run [schedule] a scan disk [for errors] as there has been in earlier versions of Windows?!

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Anonymous
2011-02-27T17:52:55+00:00

It's done the same way in Windows 7 as it was in earlier versions of Windows:

  1. Open the "Computer" window
  2. Right-click on the drive in question
  3. Select the "Tools" tab
  4. In the Error-checking area, click <Check Now>.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-03-08T07:18:13+00:00

    48 hours is a long time for a computer to run the chkdsk command. The 2232 is probably the number of files that have been scanned. You should contact HP technical support for further assistance.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-08T07:13:29+00:00

    A) Left click the "Start Menu" icon

    B) Left click "Computer"

    C) Right click the drive you want e.g. "C"

    D) Left click "Properties"

    E) Left click "Tools"

    F) Left click "Check Now"

    Your computer will check and/or scan the "C" drive the next time the computer is rebooted.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-28T14:15:48+00:00

    Unfortunately you did not try it yourself or you would have known that it cannot run check disk directly it has to schedule it to run because it cannot run while windows is running.  It allows you to schedule it but when you reload Windows it does not actually run check disk.  Another ball dropped!  Hopefully someone here actually knows how to get it to run.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-22T01:14:51+00:00

    So after about 48 hours of CHDSK running on my HP 1010-SA, i get this message "2232 large file records processed". Now what next...?

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