up vote 3 down vote favorite
1
share [g+] share [fb]

I'm using Windows 7. Is it possible to run chkdsk on two disks simultaneously? I'm running chkdsk on one drive right now, but when I try to start running it on another drive it just closes. I am running this through the GUI (right-click drive->tools->check now).

link|improve this question
61% accept rate
How are you trying to run the two instances? I'm guessing in seperate cmd windows, but this info might be useful. – DMA57361♦ Aug 19 '10 at 17:29
Actually I'm using the GUI. – Steven Aug 19 '10 at 17:41
feedback

1 Answer

up vote 3 down vote accepted

I've just successfully launched concurrent chkdsk runs on different drives from within two seperate elevated cmd instances.

But, when using the GUI it will not run a scan on a second drive, but would work individually.

To use the GUI version you normally have to run with "Automatically fix errors" deselected. Windows will not run the GUI nor CLI versions in "fix" mode when the drive is live, so you really need to use run at next boot for that.

So, you should be able to achieve what you want via multiple instances of cmd, or possibly by setting up a few batch files (one per drive?) and launch them that way.

link|improve this answer
feedback

Your Answer

 
or
required, but never shown
discard

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.