Fix Windows Pc Problems Using Chkdsk Command
Occasionally your windows based pc might report error messages due to a registry problem or power failure. I have tried many differnt programs over the years trying to fix these types of computer problems. So far I have discovered that a built in program on Windows based pc’s will fix or eliminate most of these problems. The program that I use is called chkdsk. In order to use chkdsk, first you are going to want to open up the command prompt window. To open up the command prompt window click on the start button, then go to run.
After the run box opens up, simply type in “cmd”. After the command prompt opens up, type in chkdsk; then press the enter button. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 then you must first right click on the command prompt program, then go to run as administrator. When you type in chkdsk, this will only scan your hard drive, but wil not fix any errors.
To fix the error on your drive, you will want to type in chkdsk /f. The f option will tell chkdsk to fix the errors on the disk. If you are running chkdsk on your primary partition, or the C: drive you must reboot your pc for chkdsk to complete the scan since your disk will currently be locked. Once you reboot your computer, and after the POST section of your bios; check disk will begin to scan, verify and fix the errors on your disk.
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