
Locates bad sectors and attempts recovery of readable information. On NTFS volumes, this displays cleanup messages if any. Verbose parameter, enabling this displays the name of each file as they are being scanned on FAT/FAT32 formatted volumes. This disk must be locked when running chkdsk with this parameter. This parameter attempts to fix any errors found on a logical disk. This parameter specifies the file you want chkdsk to run on, with its full path. The attempt will succeed if no repair parameters are specified, otherwise it will throw an error. If you omit this parameter, chkdsk will attempt to run on the boot volume.

The drive volume that you want chkdsk to run on.

The chkdsk command has the following syntax format, and you will need to run it with administrative privileges.Ĭhkdsk ]] ] Parameter You can also use it if you suspect that a disk error is causing issues with Windows.Ĭhkdsk command can be used to detect and fix the following two types of disk errors: You can use the chkdsk command if you suspect there is some problem with one of your drives.
