Cannot get Chkdsk to run

I need to run Chkdsk. When I try to run it says it will run at next startup
but never does. Any ideas

Duxdad wrote:
> I need to run Chkdsk. When I try to run it says it will run at next startup
> but never does. Any ideas

Find the Command Prompt in the START/All Programs and ACCESSORIES and
RIGHT click on it and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR

Type in

CHKDSK /R /F

Note the spaces.

Hit enter and select "Y" to Run at start-up

That should do it

Frenchy

That shpuld work but in my case does not. Chkdsk will not run at restart.
When I try to run at cmd prompt it tells me drive is in use by another
process, do I want to schedule a scan at restart. I say yes but the scan
never happens. Any other idead ?

"Frenchy" wrote:

> Duxdad wrote:
> > I need to run Chkdsk. When I try to run it says it will run at next startup
> > but never does. Any ideas
>
> Find the Command Prompt in the START/All Programs and ACCESSORIES and
> RIGHT click on it and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR
>
> Type in
>
> CHKDSK /R /F
>
> Note the spaces.
>
> Hit enter and select "Y" to Run at start-up
>
> That should do it
>
> Frenchy
>

If you restart and press F8 during the 'black screen' right after the BIOS
screen, you will get the Recovery options menu. The "Command Prompt" option
should let you run CHKDSK /R

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"Duxdad" <> wrote in message
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> That shpuld work but in my case does not. Chkdsk will not run at restart.
> When I try to run at cmd prompt it tells me drive is in use by another
> process, do I want to schedule a scan at restart. I say yes but the scan
> never happens. Any other idead ?
>
> "Frenchy" wrote:
>
>> Duxdad wrote:
>> > I need to run Chkdsk. When I try to run it says it will run at next
>> > startup
>> > but never does. Any ideas
>>
>> Find the Command Prompt in the START/All Programs and ACCESSORIES and
>> RIGHT click on it and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR
>>
>> Type in
>>
>> CHKDSK /R /F
>>
>> Note the spaces.
>>
>> Hit enter and select "Y" to Run at start-up
>>
>> That should do it
>>
>> Frenchy
>>

"Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
message news10072E0-E3E5-4AF4-B9F9-...
> If you restart and press F8 during the 'black screen' right after the BIOS
> screen, you will get the Recovery options menu. The "Command Prompt"
option
> should let you run CHKDSK /R

I don't think so. You need to boot the Repair Console from your
installation disk and run ChkDsk /R from that. This is so that your Vista
is not running at all. Note: Repair Console looks very much like Vista, so
don't confuse the two.

Windows Vista Help What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...4be5e1033.mspx

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"Stubby" <William.Plummer*NO*SPAM*@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
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>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
> message news10072E0-E3E5-4AF4-B9F9-...
>> If you restart and press F8 during the 'black screen' right after the
>> BIOS
>> screen, you will get the Recovery options menu. The "Command Prompt"
> option
>> should let you run CHKDSK /R
>
> I don't think so. You need to boot the Repair Console from your
> installation disk and run ChkDsk /R from that. This is so that your Vista
> is not running at all. Note: Repair Console looks very much like Vista,
> so
> don't confuse the two.
>
>