How do I force a boot-time chkdsk to show progress, like they did in Windows 7? I want to make sure it is running (and to stare at the data).
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Extending @Barakando's answer: to create a full disk check, you need to use the /f
flag to CHKDSK
, as it is documented here.
As such a check requires the disk to be detached (un-mounted), because it manipulates the low-level filesystem data structures on way, which is incompatible with its usage. It tries to detach the disk. If it can't be done, then the full disk check will happen on the next reboot.
This was yet more verbose on Win7, but in Win10 the verbosity was simply disabled by the Microsoft, because they love us all and don't want to make our life too complex.
Probably there is no way to make it more verbose. At least not a way what can be find by google. Possibly booting into a rescue system or live system, and then making the scan from the command line would work.
However, the scan results are logged and you can get the results with the command
get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{logname="Application"; id="1001"}| ?{$_.providername –match "wininit"} | fl timecreated, message
Or the text log with the command
get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{logname="Application"; id="1001"}| ?{$_.providername –match "wininit"} | fl timecreated, message | out-file Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txt
As written here.
Open command-prompt as Administrator (right-click on the start button to do that). In the command prompt, type in the following:
CHKDSK /f /r /x C:
It will prompt you to restart - do that. You will see CHKDSK running, with progress, on boot.
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I did this (on a non-C: local hard disk drive) and it just closed all existing file handles and started scanning the disk. Is there a way to force it to do it at boot time? Sep 6, 2016 at 18:44
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1No, it is not completely useless - it happens only if the
C:
can not be umounted because some locks.– peterhSep 29, 2020 at 12:23 -
@peterh-ReinstateMonica Please do not make an edit that adds content not in the original question/answer, as that's an attempt to reply and should not be done; instead, please either post the additional content in a comment or create an answer.– JW0914Sep 29, 2020 at 12:47
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@JW0914 I improved the post, particularly about the now deleted comments, if you disagree post improvements, please read more the meta sites.– peterhSep 29, 2020 at 13:23
msconfig
's Boot tab activatingNo-gui boot
andOS boot information
. Let's see how it works on next auto-checkdisk on boot.hiberfil.sys
andpagefile.sys
within the root of the system partition. If the PC has had a dirty shutdown [hard reset], it's best to reboot Windows from the Login screen, as a dirty shutdown sets a specific flag that will not be cleared until the OS has been correctly rebooted.