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That presents a problem when you want to CHKDSK the system drive – typically your C: drive. Remember how I said CHKDSK requires exclusive access to the drive in order to be able to repair it? And that even Windows can’t be accessing the disk? Any errors to be repaired would be listed here. “See details” displays a log of CHKDSK’s activity. That’s why the common advice is to close most programs when running CHKDSK, or at least make sure none can access the drive you’re about to check.Ĭlick Force a dismount and CHKDSK begins its work.Įventually, this is the message you hope to see: Programs may simply notice and do the right thing they may crash or something inbetween. If a program is actually accessing the drive or files on the drive about to be dismounted, the old “results are unpredictable” phrase applies. In general, the default setting is fine when you suspect there is a problem that needs to be fixed.Ĭlick Start, and you may get this message:ĬHKDSK can only check or repair a disk when it is the only program using that disk even the rest of Windows cannot be accessing the disk while CHKDSK does its job. This is a more time-consuming scan of the disk that I’ll discuss below.
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