manual chkdsk (winxp) - how?

aardvark · 23 Apr 2006 at 13:02

scheduling a chkdsk does nothing for me.
how can i manually perform a chkdsk? or maybe make the pc run a chkdsk everytime the pc turns on?

thanks a lot.

aardvark · 23 Apr 2006 at 13:38

yeah it doesn't work - chkdsk never runs on reboot.
it hasn't worked for months.

aardvark · 23 Apr 2006 at 15:45

brainiac ghost said:
you can boot off a windows XP cd and go into recovery console, then run it from there

cheers - that worked, its a shame its so slow to get into it.

i'm sure there must be a way of manually scheduling a chkdsk on bootup (in the registry or something) - but i can't find anything.

aardvark · 23 Apr 2006 at 18:17

Domo said:
Start > Run > type: chkdsk /r
Not sure about running it everytime the PC boots though.

yeah it doesn't work
says it will run a scan next time the pc reboots and then it doesn't.
all the methods supposedly schedule a chkdsk next time the pc boots up but no scan ever occurs.