check disk help

[robertbiferi]

I am useing win xp pro and I like the CMD to run things.

So I run chkdsk c:

and it runs but it gives a report but it does not say like bad sectors or things like this.

Now I know I may not have any bad sectors but I think I sould have ONE.
It has been like One Year since I did this.

What is a good tool FREE for disk checking and fixing?

 

[gamblingman]

Running checkdisk from My Computer is nearly the same as running it from CMD. The only difference is that with cmd you can specify different chkdsk functionality.

You can run Checkdisk from cmd by entering the following EXACTLY and put spaces where I put spaces:

chkdsk c: /r​

It will tell you that you that the computer needs to reboot to run and ask you if you want to run it the next time the computer restarts --> select Y then press ENTER, then reboot the computer.

OR you can go to My Computer --> right click your C: drive --> select Properties --> then select the Tools tab --> under Error-checking click the Check Now button --> Put check-marks in both boxes for "Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" --> click Start --> it will tell you that you that the computer needs to reboot to run and do you want to run the next time your computer starts --> click OK then reboot the computer.

(edit)
Reason it wasn't fixing anything was because you were only using

chkdsk c:

Using that operative command tells chkdsk to function as READ ONLY. chkdsk wont fix anything with no operative attached to the end of the command.