User Guide

ERD Commander 2002
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15.26 CHKDSK
ERD Commander 2002 includes a clone of the Windows XP/2000 CHKDSK
utility for analyzing and correcting file system corruption. CHKDSK is located
in the system32 directory of the ERD Commander 2002 CD-ROM and is run
from a command prompt window. The ERD Commander 2002 CHKDSK
supports a subset of the Windows CHKDSK command-line options:
Usage CHKDSK [/F] [/X] [/R] [drive:]
Switches /F
Fixes errors on the disk.
/X
Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
/R
Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
(implies /f)
If you specify a drive that has open files, for instance because you’re running
an application from the drive, you must use the /X switch. However, the /X
switch does not work on the system drive of an installation you are repairing if
you are running any utilities that access the Registry of that installation. The
ERD Commander 2002 utilities that access the Registry include Regedit,
Explorer, Service and Driver Manager, System Information, and Event Log
Viewer. Make sure that you close these applications before running Chkdsk
against the system drive.