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
    2014-10-31T11:48:11+00:00

    Evan

    Right click on the drive, select Properties and click the Tools tab.

    You can access Help and Support from the Control Panel by clicking Help (on the Menu Bar) , and View Help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-31T19:30:48+00:00

    A beg your pardon Bruce, that way to do it might have been the same, but in all earlier versions of windows, at least 98 on, scandisk was in the system tools folder with the system tools folder. That what people want to know, & what I came looking for. Why it was changed or removed? Much of windows has changed & this is a fascist thing to do to customers who have got used to windows over the 20+ years it has been around. You don't change things that have become a norm, like keyboard short cuts to do things including shut down, restart. Windows 8 & 10 are useless & should never be used for a serious, non touch screen pc.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-29T12:28:01+00:00

    you forgot...''properties''

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-05-29T12:41:01+00:00

    Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, right click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator from the drop down menu. Type *cd* and press ENTER. Type "chkdsk c: /r" without the quotes and hit ENTER. Make sure you include the spaces indicated. Enter Y when asked whether you wish to run chkdsk on restarting the computer. Type exit, press the ENTER key and restart the computer.

    To view a copy of a chkdsk report select Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer, from the list in the left side of the window expand Windows Logs and select Application. Place the cursor on Application, click Filter Current log in the Action column on the right of window. Use the scroll to the right of Event Sources to select  and check the box before Wininit and click OK. A list of all reports recording the results of running chkdsk is displayed in the centre of the window. To clear the list click Clear Filter in the Actions column.

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