How to run a Disk Check in Windows 7 using the Command Prompt

How to run a Disk Check in Windows 7 using the Command Prompt


Steps to run a Disk Check (chkdsk) using the Command Prompt in your Windows® 7 PC.

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I that I don't know how to run a disk
check using command front in your
Windows 7 PC
let me show you how to do it click on
start and then on the search bar type c
md right click on CMD dot exe and then
click run as administrator on the user
account control window click yes that
chk GSK and press enter
if you want to check disk to just scan
your computer and just be the error
messages if file system errors are bad
hard drive sectors are detected type chk
DSK space c colon forward slash R and
press ENTER on your keyboard for check
disk to attempt to fix them when you are
prompted to schedule check this for the
next system restart type Y and press
enter close the command prompt and
restart your computer when the system
restarts this check would automatically
scan your computer for file system
errors and bad hard drive sectors
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Published: 10/22/2012
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