I can't get chkdsk to run. How can I correct this?

Question

OS = Windows XP. When I try to run chkdsk, as the computer restarts I get a message that says something like “The file system is NTFS, cannot access disk.” I have tried this: START> RUN> type chkdsk /f in the command box. This does not work either. If anyone could tell me how to get chkdsk to run, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

Answer 1

You don't, from Windows.  Either boot into a command prompt (that's not the same as a command window in Windows), or run error checking (right-click on the drive/Properties/the Tools tab).  that's the Windows version of chkdsk.

Answer 2

Start  -   Run

Type  :  chkdsk /f  of

            chkdsk /r

OK

Dos window

choice    Y/N    choose Y

Reboot

Done

chkdsk /r is the best to do for the fist time, Take a little longer

Answer 3

Your approach is correct, the problem is that chkdsk cannot run in the current session because it cannot lock the Hard Disk.  The screen you mentioned should have also offered a yes/no option to run chkdsk the next time a new session is started....  give it another try.