Questions tagged [chkdsk]
CHKDSK is a command on computers running DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems that displays the file system integrity status of hard disks and floppy disk and can fix logical file system errors. It is similar to the fsck command in Unix. It is short for "Check disk". On computers running NT-based versions of Windows, CHKDSK can also check the disk surface for physical errors or bad sectors, a task previously done by SCANDISK.
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Should I turn on ignore bad sectors and create and image immediately?
Trying to clone my 3TB HDD to a brand new 4TB HDD. But I get a CRC error
WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB
NTFS filesystem
Using Macrium Reflect 8 I get
Clone failed - Error 9 - Read failed - 23 - Data error (...
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CHKDSK - Drive unusable after the scan
Drive is unusable after the CHKDSK scan. Any idea how I can fix this? It shows that the device is a raw device. I want to recover data and then format the drive.
File record segment 1432 is unreadable....
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Why does Windows chkdsk take longer to check user data than free space?
I'm currently checking some 2nd hand 2.5" disks connected via a USB-3 disk enclosure. The first check is to copy files onto the disk to fill it. The next is to use chkdsk /r. On a 500GB SATA-3 ...
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External HD defrag stuck at 0% consolidated - due to discrepancy?
I have an Acer laptop running windows 10.
I have tried multiple times to defragment my external Hard Drive (Seagate) but every time it gets stuck 0% consolidated.
I have run CHKDSK and I am posting ...
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chkdsk in cmd is stuck?
I've encountered a problem with my sd card which I use for my phone, saying it's corrupted (suddenly, haven't had problems before), so I decided to try and salvage it without formatting the card. I've ...
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Interpreting Windows CHKDSK unspecified error codes
I ran chkdsk on my PC. During Stage 4, after it finished looking for bad clusters in user file data, it immediately printed out:
An unspecified error occurred (766f6c756d652e63 470).
then exited.
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Hard Drive Failure? - Reallocated Sector Count
I recently noticed Windows was extremely slow and some programs failed to run.
The hard disk is checked during boot randomly. Sometimes checks go to Stage 5: 100s of thousands of sectors.
After a ...
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chkdsk information on failing SSD
I have a Windows 10 PC which recently started having random BSODs with a different error code each time (process crashed, invalid store, and more). After narrowing down the problem to the SSD by ...
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What is the risk of shutting down CMD and aborting chkdsk C: /r near end of stage 5?
I'm in South Africa and we have a huge issue with power supply. We experience 2 to 3 stages of load/power shedding a day for 2 to 4hrs at a time. My Lenovo ThinkPad x220 battery is useless so i have ...
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Can I abort command chkdsk /f/r/x running on 1 TB external hard drive and is stuck on stage 2 from past 12 days?
I have an external hard drive of 1 TB by WD with data worth of 480 GB. It was responding too slow during data retrieval. Went to couple of forums to find the solution and one suggested to run chkdsk ...
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Basic SSD disk corrupted after a clean Windows reformat
As the title stated, I've been using the disk (Adata SU650) for quite a long time and never had issues with it until lately I clean reformatted my PC and realized during the initial setup there's a ...
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Disk Mirror Failed After Clean Windows Reformat
I don't remember the specification of my late windows 11 but my HDD disk was working perfectly fine despite not having been defrag for a couple of months.
Recently I reformatted my PC with a new ...
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Windows recovery show disks as RAW, can't run CHKDSK, but Linux sees them normally
My disk is dying (increasing Reallocated Sectors Count) but every time CHKDSK fixed everything untill next time and I'd like to continue like this as long as possible, given that I know all risks and ...
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My USB kind of shows up on Windows 10 [duplicate]
I have an old USB I plugged into my computer, but it doesn't show up in file explorer. I tried running CHKDSK on it but it said Cannot open volume for direct access. I tried using FORMAT but it also ...
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Can’t shrink volume because it shows that volume may be corrupted
I am running Windows 11 the SSD with an issue is a Kingston SNVS5500G.
I already have tried running chkdsk /f and chkdsk /r, Sfc /scannow, DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and nothing got ...
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Files were normal and playable, after chkdsk repair, files turned into FOUND.000 folder filled with .CHK files(Fat32 single 256g partition SD card)
I wonder what the alternatives could be.
If I did not try the scan and repair prompted by the Windows, everything probably are still normal or can be salvaged more easily.
(Fat32 single 256GB ...
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dskchk hanging at ~50% when scanning a corrupt MicroSD [duplicate]
I have a SanDisk Ultra 32GB MicroSD that is clearly corrupted. I cannot delete files from it. Formatting fails.
I tried to run chkdsk r/ but it stops and hangs at about 50% after finding a few corrupt ...
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NTFS, chkdsk, check bad sectors and recover readable parts for only specified files?
It is a large disk and it seems all files but a few are readable. For the few files, reading fails at the same point. Something like position 1.5GB of a 5GB file. The SMART data does show ...
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How to delete fake bad sectors from hard disk?
I have a portable 5TB HDD. I was downloading data on it and it was 3/4 (or so, almost full) full with documents.
I did chkdsk /f /v /r /x just to check it. It was shown to be perfect in HDD Sentinel ...
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chkdsk constantly reports file and/or MFT corruption, but it only ever affects VSS
I'm having the strangest issue with chkdsk constantly reporting errors on a Windows 10 system, but there are almost no user-facing problems. The only thing it ever seems to cause an issue with is VSS ...
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How exactly does stage 5 in chkdsk /r work?
Stages 1-4 are mostly read only unless errors are found, but I'm more curious about stage 5, where it checks unused space for issues. How does that determine if a sector is bad? Does it write to the ...
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chkdsk on external hard drive stucks at level 4
Running chkdsk g: /f /r on my 1 TB external hard drive with NTFS file format stucks at level 4. I let it run for 24 hours but there is no progress.
I tried to make a backup of its content but at a ...
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chkdsk for specific folder - win 10
I want to run chkdsk on a specific folder in Win 10.
The Microsoft Docs says:
chkdsk [<volume>[[<path>]<filename>]] [/f] [/v] [/r] [/x] [/i] [/c] [/l[:<size>]] [/b]
And I ...
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Should I replace my SSD when it has 8 KB of bad sectors?
I have 8 KB in bad sectors. When I first found it I didn't do anything about it and checked 2 months later, but the number hasn't gone up, it remains 8 KB.
Free space verification is complete.
Windows ...
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Chk dsk stuck at 25%
I just got my laptop repaired as its ic got damaged due to a faulty charger.
When i started the laptop, the fan noise was louder than it used to be before.
Quick google search told me to run a chk dsk....
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Window disk usage goes to 100% when idle
My windows pc's disk usage goes to 100% when idle(when pc screen is off and running chrome,photos,etc. not more than 3 apps.) and when I wake the screen it hangs(might be hanging when screen is off ...
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Ran chkdsk /F C:, now partition is RAW
I was trying to clone my system drive with Macrium software, and it would not complete saying there was a cyclical redundancy issue.
So I ran chkdsk (without /F) from the command prompt and noticed it ...
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Cannot run chkdsk on SSD drive (WIN OS installed on it) due to I/O Device Error
Following another auto-update of the lovely Windows 10, I got my desktop run into a loop of 'Scanning and Repairing you Drive C' which restarts itself forever...
I managed to create a USB boot disc, ...
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Is there a way to run Windows CHKDSK to scan surface without attempt to repair?
Is there a way to run a surface scan of a hard drive using Windows CHKDSK without attempt to repair?
The only option I see for a surface scan is /r which scans the surface but also attempts recovery ...
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Working Windows always running chkdsk on boot
I have Windows installed on a SSD on a fairly decent machine.
Since 2 weeks or so, Windows is always running the verification disk tool (chkdsk) despite the computer being working fine and not having ...
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Can't resize NTFS partition using GParted (ntfsresize)
I wanted to clone an old and slow 2tb HDD (230gb used, everything else is backed up) to a 240gb SSD with Clonezilla. It gave me errors, saying that the disk is to big to clone.
I decided to boot ...
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Should you run chkdsk to repair two problematic .docx files?
I have two problematic .docx files.
After opening the file:
After clicking Yes:
Tried all four methods of this part of the troubleshooting guide from Microsoft. None worked.
One solution from the ...
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running chkdsk on SD card throws "Cannot open volume for direct access" error
Please consider that I am running chkdsk on the SD card, not my boot drive. Therefore solutions mentioned in other posts including "clean boot" or "safe mode" don't apply to my ...
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Chkdsk for a specific directory or File !?!? The Syntax
I need help to chkdsk a specific Directory : F:\GOG\*.*
I am too stupid to understand the chkdsk sytax for file:
CHKDSK [Volume[[Pfad]Dateiname]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:Größe]][/B] [/scan]...
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Run sfc /scannow or chkdsk /f first
Is it better to run ChkDsk /f first, then Sfc /ScanNow or is it better to run the other way around, and does it matter which is run first, as I see no guides online saying which is the best option?
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Is it possible that some recovered files after chkdsk scan may be corrupted?
would like to ask if files recovered from faulty HDD, after chkdsk scan (before it was not possible to copy them) may have been corrupted, despite being possible to copy them all (again; after chkdsk ...
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PC did a chkdsk scan on startup without me scheduling it
so, my pc did a chkdsk scan on startup without me even accessing cmd beforehand. by the way, before it did the scan i was in the UEFI but I didnt change anything, I just looked at the settings and ...
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Reconstruct a found.000 corrupted harddrive
On Windows 10. I have a spinning disk hard drive which was corrupted by a bad external docking unit and has a left me a found.000 folder, inside are about 250 folders called dir0001.chk - dir0250.chk....
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Chkdsk Stage 3 Error but "Chkdsk /f" Fails to Execute Repair at Windows Restart
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I have a volume corruption: Specifically, it is a chkdsk Stage 3 Error. At stage 3, Chkdsk verifies Security Descriptors and USN Journals. However, chkdsk /f repair fails to run at Windows ...
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CHKDSK: "A disk read error occurredc0000010" on external USB HDD 3.0
I have a external HDD toshiba hdtb310xk3aa (1TB), and I have used it for a couple of years as storage for a Xbox One (Xbox HDD format), but from a couple of months I formatted it to NTFS to used it in ...
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chkdsk An unspecified error occurred (696e647863686b2e 20e4) & (6672732e637878 5e4) also missing from defragmenter
I keep running chkdsk on my HDD (it's a disk for games) but it keep failing in one way or another and need to it ever time it starts up.
I've got several pastebins of chkdsk I've done, these are the ...
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Does chkdsk without volume letter check current volume or everything?
chkdsk /r
Does it check current volume or does it check every volume (full drive)?
I read somewhere that without letter it works on current volume (so c: if I run it from c:/) so I decided to be fancy ...
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DISKPART formatted the disk, CHKDSK takes forever
I have a Seagate external USB 1TB drive. It seemed to be working fine. As a routine maintenance, I did a CHKDSK /f /r on it. To my surprise, CHKDSK reported a lot of errors at stage 1, 2, 3, 4. Stage ...
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No drive letter, cant initialize, I/O errors...is my SSD dead?
I have an SSD that is not recognized when I plug in via SATA. Tried all ports and swapped cables.
It is now attached to an SSD to USB dongle
Not recognized or mounted in windows 7 (dont ask :)
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Windows shows 150GB less than Chkdsk
Windows is reporting 199GB free when CHKDSK reports ~350GB free. The drive in question is a 1TB SSD that was my former Windows drive. I have run disk check and checked for shadows. How can I reclaim ...
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Is running chkdsk enough to make sure data is not corrupted?
I have a Seagate 500GB USB HDD...I was downloading a file with google chrome into the drive and then suddenly my system crashed...I restarted the system and ran the following tests on the disk:
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Windows 10 corrupt boot sector - system will not boot
After replacing an SSD that failed to boot properly, I still have trouble.
The new SSD is a Samsung EVO 860 500GB, running Win10 64.
On booting, the error is:
reboot and select proper boot device
I ...
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PC stalls and eventually crashes
I am home for the holidays and my father is having computer issues I was asked to fix, but am unsure of how to fix the issue.
I have a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition that has 5 ...
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Why does CHKDSK find file system errors after formatting a disk?
I'm having trouble copy data to a brand new disk. I don't know yet if this is the result of the tools I've used, sequence of events during copying, or some issue with the files prior to being copied. ...
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Run chkdsk on a drive that is not recognized (not present in diskpart)
I have an SSD with damaged NTFS (probably due to the old age, although SMART doesn't mention "near failure" state anywhere and still gives it 31% or resource).
I was able to recover most of ...
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