Need to run chkdsk in my vista machine

[manishdk]

Hi,

I got an message saying that i must run the chkdsk utility since some of the files got corrupted on my hdd.

Please guys let me know what to do? Can anyone tell me how to run the chkdsk utility?

Thanks for the help.

[Dr. V]

Chkdsk (Chkdsk.exe) is a command-line tool that checks disk volumes for problems and attempts to repair any that it finds. Disk errors are a common source of difficult-to-track problems, and Chkdsk should be one of the first tools you use when troubleshooting problems that do not appear to be the result of a recent system change.

Right click the drive in Windows Explorer
Now choose properties then On the tools tab,
Find error checking.
This is the tool that you need to run.

[FlashX]

Using chkdsk in a Command Prompt

a. Open Command Prompt.

In the command prompt, type chkdsk (OR) chkdsk C:
here C represents the drive you need to check. You can give the drive latter you want to check.

chkdsk /f : t tells chkdsk to try and fix any errors it finds.

/r : It tells chkdsk to attempt to recover any bad sectors of the hard drive if any are found.

/i : The /i switch tells chkdsk to perform a less detailed but faster disk check.