Corrupt files...?!

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Corrupt files...?!
Topic Started: Oct 14 2009, 08:32 PM (20 Views)
Bridiej	Oct 14 2009, 08:32 PM Post #1
Chattermonster Extraordinaire! Posts: 5,291 Group: Diamond Member Member #24 Joined: February 17, 2005	I keep getting little balloons popping up saying such and such a file is corrupt run the ChkDisk Utility.... it's random files, not to do with the same program as far as i can see. what/where is the Chkdisk utility?! :confused:



ABCDiamond	Oct 15 2009, 07:32 AM Post #2
Posts: 3,055 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 22, 2004 Residency Status: Permanent Resident Current Residence (State or County): 4165, SE Queensland	Manual steps to run Chkdsk at the command prompt Click Start, and then Run. In Open, type cmd, and then press ENTER. Use one of the following procedures: 1: To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, at the command prompt, type chkdsk, and then press ENTER. 2: To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, at the command prompt, type chkdsk volume:/f, and then press ENTER. Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) Type Y, and then press ENTER to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check. 3: To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, at the command prompt, type chkdsk volume:/r, and then press ENTER. Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) Type Y, and then press ENTER to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check. Manual steps to run Chkdsk from My Computer or Windows Explorer Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check. Click Properties, and then click Tools. Under Error-checking, click Check Now. A dialog box that shows the Check disk options is displayed, Use one of the following procedures: 1: To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, click Start. 2: To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, select the Automatically fix file system errors check box, and then click Start. 3: To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start. Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be accessed by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule the disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer? Click Yes to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check.



Bridiej	Oct 15 2009, 08:30 PM Post #3
Chattermonster Extraordinaire! Posts: 5,291 Group: Diamond Member Member #24 Joined: February 17, 2005	Thank you, I will do this over the weekend :thumbsup:



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