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JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Since the CHKDSK command uses intensive search at the hard disk drive level, it requires the administrative privileges in order to run successfully.

Also, because the CHKDSK command can only be executed from the command prompt, you must initialize the command window with the elevated privileges. Previous Next. You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads Question Windows 8. So, defragmenting your hard drive can be a way out. Step 3. Choose the partition again and click Optimize.

Then, the defragmenting process begins. Step 2. During the next boot, press the Esc or Enter the appropriate key to stopping the running of ChkDsk. Step 4. Once the scan is completed, restart your computer.

Remember to exit chkdsk during boot. Step 5. But if they fail, try EaseUS Partition Master - a reputable Windows partition manager that can manage the disk scanning and repairing job. Apart from disk optimization, EaseUS Partition Master provides other one-stop partition and disk management solutions for your Windows computer, for instances:.

Now, download and use this disk management software to check file system to fix corrupted files and repair hard disk. If none of the above solutions works, you need to check your disk for physical bad sectors. Step 1. Right-click the disk that you want to check and then click "Surface test".

The operation will be immediately performed. Bad sectors will be marked as red. If it turns out that your disk does have many bad sectors, you'll need to copy or clone the data to a new disk and replace the damaged disk.

Don't worry, EaseUS partition management tool provides you the robust disk cloning functions to transfer and back up data. Then click "Continue" when the program warns it will wipe out all data on the target disk.

In the Check File System window, keep the "Try to fix errors if found" option selected and click "Start". Step 3. The software will begin checking your partition file system on your disk. When it complets, click "Finish". Step 4. Right-click on cmd. Enter your Administrator password if necessary. When cmd. If you receive the "Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process.

Replace C with the drive letter of the target disk. Running the Check Disk tool from the Windows desktop is easy. It works the same way on Windows 8 and Windows 7. Next, you can choose to Scan drive if wanted or Repair drive if errors were found. You can use the disk error checker that comes with every Windows version with the full guide above. Or you can use the ultimate disk management tool - EaseUS Partition Master to repair organize your hard drive to enhance system performance easily.

You can interrupt the scan, but not recommended. You can start it again, and it will check and repair any remaining corruption on the volume. Roxanne is one of the main contributors to EaseUS and has created multiple posts on digital devices like PCs, Mobile phones, tablets, Mac, etc.

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