Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) Type Y, and then press ENTER to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check. Note: If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. * To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, at the command prompt, type chkdsk volume:/f, and then press ENTER. Use one of the following procedures: * To run disk error checking in read-only mode, at the command prompt, type chkdsk, and then press ENTER. In the run box, type cmd, and then press ENTER. You can also run disk error checking from the command prompt 1. Could not check the disk, errors could not be fixed, or errors were not fixed because /f was not specified. Disk cleanup, such as garbage collection, was performed, or cleanup was not performed because /f was not specified. After disk error checking completes a scan a report will be generated with the following codes: 0. Do you want to schedule the disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer? Click yes to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check. These files can be accessed by restarting Windows.

Note: If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. * To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start. * To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, select the automatically fix file system errors check box, and then click Start. Use one of the following procedures: * To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, click Start. A dialog box that shows the Check disk options is displayed, 4. Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check. How to run disk error checking in Windows XP.

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