Comments on: Windows Chkdsk Utility

By: DarrinW

DarrinW — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:21:04 +0000

Hi Karen, I think this is a bug in Windows XP according to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823439 and maybe can be resolved by updating your Win XP.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:54:27 +0000

When I run chkdsk on my laptop with Win XP it says “cannot open file for direct access. Windows has finished checking the disk.” What do I do now?

By: Berni

Berni — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:53:03 +0000

I got a free auto-defragmentation utility called Diskeeper bundled with my system. An option says “boot time defragmentation” and there, you can check the box on “run chkdsk”. If you are lucky as I am, Diskeeper will run Chkdsk every time you restart your computer. This way, in case of power failure, you will have Chkdsk running and if there was no improper shutdown, just press a key and Chkdsk will be aborted.

If you are unlucky, Diskeeper will successfully reset the Registry entry and so Chkdsk won’t run next time and you will have to set it every time manually, making it useless. What I wonder is how “Diskeeper” can flag Chkdsk to run after each shutdown/reboot.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:24:20 +0000

Thanks. Brilliant post for novice peeps around the world to easily get to know the remarkable CHKDSK.EXE util, which is (often) truly great. Awergh, on my behalf, right now it’s messy. It’s not CHKDSK to blame though, but this stupid TrekStor 1 TB external disk. It’s around 2 years old, TrueCrypt’ed and subsequently formated entirely from scratch. Now it’s starting to mess tho. I’m really scared that some day the “random I/O error” will occur on the TC header, which will be tough call. Currently running CHKDSK /R (which actually automatically includes /F), and it’s going.. mediocre well..

File record segment 44632 is unreadable.
File record segment 44633 is unreadable.
File record segment 44634 is unreadable.
File record segment 44635 is unreadable.
File record segment 45244 is unreadable.
File record segment 45245 is unreadable.
File record segment 45246 is unreadable.
File record segment 45247 is unreadable.
Deleted corrupt attribute list entry
with type code 128 in file 45304.
Deleted corrupt attribute list entry
with type code 48 in file 45304.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (48, “”)
from file record segment 45304.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, “”)
from file record segment 45400.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, “”)
from file record segment 45434.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, “”)
from file record segment 45508.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, “”)

Hehe, I really do hope the disk isn’t singing on its last chorus! ;P

By: Steven W Scott

Steven W Scott — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:44:34 +0000

You can also do chkdsk c: /f from the command prompt and then reboot the computer to allow chkdsk to fix hard drive errors before it loads up the windows gui (for winxp).

By: Peter W

Peter W — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:07:42 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. It is clear, concise and best of all, solved my problem.

Cheers