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
    2011-10-09T14:41:00+00:00

    I'm attempting to run Chkdsk to fix an external back-up hard drive problem.  The drive worked fine for 18 months or so and then recently became unrecognizable.  Windows asks if I want to format the drive but as I understand it, that would make me lose the backed up files (correct?).  When I try to run the Disk Error utility directly it tells me I need to format the drive before it can assess it.  Is this fixable with the basic Windows 7 tools or will re-accessing my external drive require more advanced tools?  Thanks in advance.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-10-11T00:30:02+00:00

    STEP (3) should be ...   Then.....

    3.  Select Properties!.... (This step was omitted in an earlier  post.)

    4.  Select the "Tools" tab.

    5.  In the Error-checking area, click <Check Now>.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-10-19T16:36:18+00:00

    I am following this steps, at the end it says it will be done when I start my computer but it does not start when restart my PC.....

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-11-19T18:19:16+00:00

    If you still need this resolved, take a look at this website:

    http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/130824-chkdsk-will-not-run-startup-vista.html

    Vista and 7 use the same steps.  However, if you are using Windows 7, do NOT download the fixes on the site, just follow the steps.  It sounds as though you have the corrupted registry entry. 

    Good Luck,

    Brenda Thomson

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