User Guide

NTFS for Win98
Winternals Software LP Page 9
NTFSCHK’s command-line usage is as follows (selecting the NTFSCHK
program icon results in a check of all the computer’s NTFS drives):
ntfschk [/?] [/s] [/f] [/q] [ drive letter: | * ]
/?
Displays NTFSCHK usage.
/s
This switch has NTFSCHK display the list of detected NTFS
drives. Use this command to determine which drive letters
correspond to NTFS volumes.
/f
Unless you specify this flag NTFSCHK runs in read-only
mode, where it detects and reports errors but does not
correct them. Use this flag to fix drives for which NTFSCHK
reports corruption.
/q
This switch has NTFSCHK perform a quick check of the
specified NTFS drive(s) by not setting the NTFS drive “dirty”
flag on the disk(s). Thus, NTFSCHK will only check the drive
if it is marked as being in a possibly inconsistent state.
*
Has NTFSCHK check all NTFS drives, or you can specify a
specific drive letter (e.g. D:) to check.