- Raise an elevated command prompt.
- Type in CHKDSK /f /r /x
- /f parameter tells CHKDSK to fix errors that it finds.
- /r parameter tells CHKDSK to repair to find the bad sectors and try and recover the readable information.
- /x parameter tells CHKDSK to dismount the drive before beginning the process.
- If your drive is a boot disk (As in your main hard drive that contains your OS, after entered, a message will popup stating the CHKDSK can’t be done while the computer is using the drive. Select Yes to schedule the CHKDSK when a Restart of the computer is executed.
- Restart your computer. The Scan and Repair will happen.
- When complete, you can look at the log of your CHKDSK by bringing up the Event Viewer.
- Click Windows Logs
- Right Click Application and click Find…
- Enter Chkdsk (Find looks at the Source column) and click the Find Next button.
- If found, cancel out of the Find dialog box, and then read the log in the General Tab of the middle windows of the event viewer.
- To create a text file of the actual log, do the following:
- Click Start, and in the search box, type and then click Windows Powershell. Powershell will bring up a dialog box.
- Enter the following at the command prompt:
- get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{logname=”Application”;}| ?{$_.providername –match “Chkdsk”} | fl timecreated, message | out-file Desktop\CHKDSKResults.txt
- Go to your Desktop and read the log file.