I never see the CHKDSK results
 

CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check. Whoever
designed this is an idiot. The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:26:31 -0600, wrote:

CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check. Whoever
designed this is an idiot. The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.


Did you open the command prompt from the start/program/accessories
tab. I just did it and the screen stayed open giving me the regular
report when it was done. If you do it from the run bar it will close
when it stops

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

In message ,
writes:
On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:26:31 -0600, wrote:

CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check. Whoever
designed this is an idiot. The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.


Did you open the command prompt from the start/program/accessories
tab. I just did it and the screen stayed open giving me the regular
report when it was done. If you do it from the run bar it will close
when it stops

In other words, if you're doing Start | Run, then typing the command
there, it will do as you describe; if you're starting a command prompt
(Start | Run | [type] cmd, or Start | Programs | Accessories | Command
Prompt), and typing the command there, it will remain open when it
finishes.

Though as Paul says, it probably won't do what you expect if it's C:
you're scanning anyway (but at least you'll see what it says).

You might also like: from Windows Explorer (or I think My Computer),
right-click on the drive, choose Properties | Tools; there's a disc
checker there.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"We're plumbing shallows we didn't know existed here" - Jeremy Paxman (as
quizmaster of "University Challenge"), 1998 (when losing team suddenly put on a
spurt by showing knowledge of things like the Eurovision Song Contest ...)

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On 06 Nov 2017, wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes,
it closes that dos window and I never see the results of the
check. Whoever designed this is an idiot.

'It's a poor workman who blames his tools for his own incompetence.'

The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.

No, it didn't.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

Nil wrote:

The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.

No, it didn't.

Yes it did, if your (FAT32) file tables or other stuctures needed
fixing. Checkdisk (DOS 7/8) does not fix any such problems - doesn't
even look for them. Checkdisk (2K, XP, etc) - different story.

ndd.exe is another dos-level drive-checking utility that's worth having
and using. The one I have in c:\windows\command is 650kb, 7-28-2001.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

Per :
CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check.

In addition to the advice in the other posts, one more way to see
results is to force them to a text file and, optionally, print the
text file.

That needs a .BAT file, and is my preferred method for my backup disks
because then I can file the report with the disk.

To Wit:

:* ==================================================
:* PURPOSE: To create a hardcopy record of
:* a drive's health both just before
:* the first time it is used and just before
:* it is rotated out at month's end
:* ==================================================

C:\
CD..
CD..
SET OutputFile=\\NAS\Temp\ChkDsk_E.txt
CLS

DATE /T %OutputFile%
TIME /T %OutputFile%

CHKDSK E: %OutPutFile%

ECHO . %OutputFile%
ECHO . %OutputFile%
ECHO . %OutputFile%

DATE /T %OutputFile%
TIME /T %OutputFile%

NOTEPAD /P %OutputFile%
:* ======================= End of File =============

--
Pete Cresswell

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On 06 Nov 2017, Some Guy wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Yes it did, if your (FAT32) file tables or other stuctures needed
fixing. Checkdisk (DOS 7/8) does not fix any such problems -
doesn't even look for them. Checkdisk (2K, XP, etc) - different
story.

Is this documented somewhere? I'm skeptical. I'm pretty certain I've
repaired FAT32 disks with Windows 7's CHKDSK in the past, though it was
quite a while ago.

But besides that, the OP was comparing CHKDSK to the old DOS Scandisk
utility. Neither it or the DOS versions of CHKDSK could address NTFS
file systems, so it's not a fair comparison.

ndd.exe is another dos-level drive-checking utility that's worth
having and using. The one I have in c:\windows\command is 650kb,
7-28-2001.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On 11/06/2017 04:26 PM, wrote:
CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check. Whoever
designed this is an idiot. The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.




Not to ask too stupid a question, but is there a copy of a
boot time chkdsk output somewhere in log after the system boots up?

I have to watch a boot time defrag real close and press pause.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On 11/6/2017 7:26 PM, wrote:
CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check. Whoever
designed this is an idiot. The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.

Click "Start", "Run", type "cmd /k chkdsk /f" into the "Open" box and
click "OK". If you just want chkdsk to scan for errors and not actually
perform repairs, leave off the "/f" switch. To stop the scan, press Ctrl-C.

Ben

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

In message , Ben Myers
writes:
On 11/6/2017 7:26 PM, wrote:
CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check. Whoever
designed this is an idiot. The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.

Click "Start", "Run", type "cmd /k chkdsk /f" into the "Open" box and
click "OK". If you just want chkdsk to scan for errors and not actually
perform repairs, leave off the "/f" switch. To stop the scan, press Ctrl-C.

Ben

I think he _was_ running it via Start | Run - that's the problem; it
closes the window when it's finished, before you have a chance to see
the summary. As others have said, run it from a command prompt (either
Start | Run | "cmd" or Start | Prograns | Accessories | Command Prompt),
then the window will stay open when it's finished. (Close either by
clicking the X as usual, or typing "exit".) But as others have also
said, it won't necessarily run on the disc (or partition) the OS is on.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Every time I think I know where it's at, they move it.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 03:23:11 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Ben Myers
writes:
On 11/6/2017 7:26 PM, wrote:
CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check. Whoever
designed this is an idiot. The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.

Click "Start", "Run", type "cmd /k chkdsk /f" into the "Open" box and
click "OK". If you just want chkdsk to scan for errors and not actually
perform repairs, leave off the "/f" switch. To stop the scan, press Ctrl-C.

Ben

I think he _was_ running it via Start | Run - that's the problem; it
closes the window when it's finished, before you have a chance to see
the summary. As others have said, run it from a command prompt (either
Start | Run | "cmd" or Start | Prograns | Accessories | Command Prompt),
then the window will stay open when it's finished. (Close either by
clicking the X as usual, or typing "exit".) But as others have also
said, it won't necessarily run on the disc (or partition) the OS is on.

If you do this a lot you can just create an icon on the desktop.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:32:17 -0500, Nil
wrote:

On 06 Nov 2017, Some Guy wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Yes it did, if your (FAT32) file tables or other stuctures needed
fixing. Checkdisk (DOS 7/8) does not fix any such problems -
doesn't even look for them. Checkdisk (2K, XP, etc) - different
story.

Is this documented somewhere? I'm skeptical. I'm pretty certain I've
repaired FAT32 disks with Windows 7's CHKDSK in the past, though it was
quite a while ago.

But besides that, the OP was comparing CHKDSK to the old DOS Scandisk
utility. Neither it or the DOS versions of CHKDSK could address NTFS
file systems, so it's not a fair comparison.

ndd.exe is another dos-level drive-checking utility that's worth
having and using. The one I have in c:\windows\command is 650kb,
7-28-2001.

Yes, I was talking about SCANDISK in Win98. If we get a power outage,
when 98 starts up, it runs scandisk (unless I cancel it) and it has a
check box that allows it to automatiucally fix errors, or just tell me
about them. No need to go to the command line or any of that. It just
works and works easy. But yea, my drive in Win98 is FAT32.

I tried to run scandisk (the one from Win98) in XP once, on a NTFS
drive. That was long ago, and I cant remember just what happened. All I
do recall is that it did not work.

Yes, I have been running CHKDSK from START, RUN.... and I created an
icon in my utilities folder to make it one click. BUt I never have seen
the results. I guess I know now to use it from the command prompt.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On 07 Nov 2017, T wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Not to ask too stupid a question, but is there a copy of a
boot time chkdsk output somewhere in log after the system boots
up?

When CHKDSK runs at boot time, the results are saved in Windows
Application log. Use the Event Viewer and look for Winlogin Event ID
1001.

I never see the CHKDSK results
 

On 08 Nov 2017, wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Yes, I have been running CHKDSK from START, RUN.... and I created
an icon in my utilities folder to make it one click. BUt I never
have seen the results. I guess I know now to use it from the
command prompt.

You can create a shortcut that will open a command prompts, run chkdsk,
and then leave the window open until you close it. The shortcut's
Target line would be like this:

%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /k chkdsk