Question about CHKDSK

[Allen L.]

I know you can use commands with CHKDSK such as /F and /C plus more, etc.,
or use none running cmd.exe. But does just running the chkdsk.exe under the
user interface really check the active partition if you don't ck. the fix
box? How about the logical partitions, does it report anything with no box
checked? I understand that the system partition couldn't be 'fixed' if it
were mounted and active. Question is, what good does it do to run it on the
active partition if you don't ck. the fix box? I would rather not run it
with fix checked, as I understand it can be a long process, and it *will*
run and report 'all is Ok' or something like that with the system partition
in use. I have never had any hard disk errors, I presume, with any of my
computers as I've never seen any messages of disk errors posted back after
the use of the CHKDSK. exe.

If something *is* wrong with the drive or partition, would it show up in the
above description if *no* boxes were checked, especially the active C
partition? What is the best policy (commands to issue) to correctly run
CHKDSK?

Thanks in advance,

....Allen

[NotMe]

If you request a scan on your Windows partition from within Windows, it will
schedule it for the next boot.
It depends on if you are having problems or not.
chkdsk /r will automatically repair errors it finds, the same as checking
the FIX box.
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"Allen L." > wrote in message
...
>I know you can use commands with CHKDSK such as /F and /C plus more, etc.,
>or use none running cmd.exe. But does just running the chkdsk.exe under the
>user interface really check the active partition if you don't ck. the fix
>box? How about the logical partitions, does it report anything with no box
>checked? I understand that the system partition couldn't be 'fixed' if it
>were mounted and active. Question is, what good does it do to run it on the
>active partition if you don't ck. the fix box? I would rather not run it
>with fix checked, as I understand it can be a long process, and it *will*
>run and report 'all is Ok' or something like that with the system partition
>in use. I have never had any hard disk errors, I presume, with any of my
>computers as I've never seen any messages of disk errors posted back after
>the use of the CHKDSK. exe.
>
> If something *is* wrong with the drive or partition, would it show up in
> the above description if *no* boxes were checked, especially the active C
> partition? What is the best policy (commands to issue) to correctly run
> CHKDSK?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> ...Allen
>