How to Use Check Disk in Vista

1. Open Start Menu.
2. Click on Computer button.
3. Right click on your hard drive and click Properties.
4. Click the Tools tab.
5. Click on Check Now under Error checking section.
6. Make sure both options are checked.
7. Click Start button.
8. You will get a pop-up window saying, "Windows can't check this disk while it's use".
9. Click Schedule disk check button for it to run the next time you restart your computer.


OPTION TWO:
How to Run Check Disk in the Command Prompt :
NOTE: If you cannot get Chkdsk to run at startup, then run chkdsk from the recovery console off the Vista install
disk. Select Command Prompt from step 6 here: How to Do a Startup Repair in Vista
1. Open Start Menu.
2. In white line (Start Search) area, type cmd
3. Right click cmd (At Top), and click Run as administrator.
4. Click Continue button for UAC prompt.
5. In command prompt , type chkdsk /? for a complete list of commands with information on each.
6. In command prompt, type chkdsk followed by one or a combination of switches listed below and press Enter. (See screenshot above also)
EX: Type chkdsk /f /r for a thorough disk check with repair and recovery.

A) x: = If you want check disk to scan a drive other than the C: drive, add the drive letter after chkdsk to tell it to scan that drive. EX: chkdsk x:

B) /f = The /F switch is the most common of the chkdsk switches. It tells chkdsk to fix any errors it finds. Chkdsk cannot fix errors on a disk that has open files.
EX: chkdsk /f or chkdsk x: /f
NOTE: Answer Y when chkdsk asks you if you want to check the drive next time Windows Vista boots.

C) /r = The /R switch tells chkdsk to attempt to recover any bad sectors of the hard drive if any are found. A bad sector is a spot on the hard drive that cannot hold saved data anymore.
EX: chkdsk /r
NOTE: Answer Y when chkdsk asks you if you want to check the drive next time Windows Vista boots.

D) /I = The /I switch tells chkdsk to perform a less detailed but faster disk check. (See screenshot below)
EX: chkdsk /I
NOTE: This will run immediately.

E) /c = The /C switch tells chkdsk to skip the checking of cycles within a folder structure which reduces the scan time.



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