What's wrong with CHKDSK.EXE

Hi Everybody,
1. My nice new computer came with VISTA, a degrag program (Perfect Disk),
an anti-virus checker (PC-cillin) but no program to check the disks for
defects.
2. CHKDSK.EXE does not work whether I double click on it or run it as
administrator.
3. Is there a disk checker within VISTA which I can run.
4. I own Norton Utilities 2008 which I am allowed to put on two computers.
Does anyone know how it would work out. (I have heard bad things about
Norton.)
5. Is there a disk checker which anyone would recommend.
6. Do I even need a disk checker for Vista or is it self healing.
Phil

Philip K;939039 Wrote:
> Hi Everybody
> 1. My nice new computer came with VISTA, a degrag program (Perfec
> Disk)
> an anti-virus checker (PC-cillin) but no program to check the disks fo
> defects
> 2. CHKDSK.EXE does not work whether I double click on it or run it a
> administrator
> 3. Is there a disk checker within VISTA which I can run
> 4. I own Norton Utilities 2008 which I am allowed to put on tw
> computers
> Does anyone know how it would work out. (I have heard bad things abou
> Norton.
> 5. Is there a disk checker which anyone would recommend
> 6. Do I even need a disk checker for Vista or is it self healing
> Phi

Hi Philip K

Several Drive manufacturers offer free disk utilities for download
Seagate Tools for Windows, for example

However, Chkdsk should work

You might try running the SFC command to see if that is able to fix an
errors, this free app. may be usefu

http://www.vistax64.com/software-too...check-tool.htm

Hope it help

SIW

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"Philip K" <PhilipK@aol/com> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Everybody,
> 1. My nice new computer came with VISTA, a degrag program (Perfect
> Disk), an anti-virus checker (PC-cillin) but no program to check the disks
> for defects.
> 2. CHKDSK.EXE does not work whether I double click on it or run it as
> administrator.
> 3. Is there a disk checker within VISTA which I can run.
> 4. I own Norton Utilities 2008 which I am allowed to put on two
> computers. Does anyone know how it would work out. (I have heard bad
> things about Norton.)
> 5. Is there a disk checker which anyone would recommend.
> 6. Do I even need a disk checker for Vista or is it self healing.
> Phil

Hi, Phil! This is Lesley from the PSPP boards. (Small world.) I am now
running Norton Internet Security 2009; started out on my Vista machine and
it worked fine, but you want to make sure that you are up to date. It's been
working fine for me, though; I run it on both the desktop and the laptop. Is
it Norton Internet Security that you have, or Norton Antivirus The only
Norton program that I think has trouble with Vista is Norton 360, but I
could even be wrong on that one.

Hi Philip,

To run chkdsk, you need to do it from an elevated command prompt. Click
start and type CMD. Right click the start menu entry that appears and choose
'run as administrator'. Then, from the prompt, run chkdsk. If you run it
with certain parameters, such as /r or /f, it will require you to schedule
it to be done on a reboot as it needs to unlock the volume first.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Philip K" <PhilipK@aol/com> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Everybody,
> 1. My nice new computer came with VISTA, a degrag program (Perfect
> Disk), an anti-virus checker (PC-cillin) but no program to check the disks
> for defects.
> 2. CHKDSK.EXE does not work whether I double click on it or run it as
> administrator.
> 3. Is there a disk checker within VISTA which I can run.
> 4. I own Norton Utilities 2008 which I am allowed to put on two
> computers. Does anyone know how it would work out. (I have heard bad
> things about Norton.)
> 5. Is there a disk checker which anyone would recommend.
> 6. Do I even need a disk checker for Vista or is it self healing.
> Phil
>

Hi Max,
Thank you.
You are quite right about the disk format. On my old computer, I
constantly ran CHKDSK for years and never found a problem. That's light
years away from when I used DOS 3.3.
Phil

Hi Lesley,
Thanks.
Ellie says that we can't keep meeting like this. Instead, you should
come to visit us in the Highlands.
Phil

Hi Rick,
Thank you.
Phil

"Philip K" <PhilipK@aol/com> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Lesley,
> Thanks.
> Ellie says that we can't keep meeting like this. Instead, you should
> come to visit us in the Highlands.
> Phil
If we ever get down that way, Phil, we'll take you up on it!
Lesley

It is a very reliable program, it caught a lot of trojans, so i would've been screwed. The only con about it, is that it may cause the computer to lag over time. But i think it's a small price to pay.

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"Joe Buck" <> wrote in message
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: On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:56:59 -0800, Andrew Suh wrote:
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: >It is a very reliable program, it
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: YO! Moron!
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