#Disk health check windows xp windows
Note: For this tutorial, it is assumed that C: is your Windows XP boot disk or partition. Your machine's needs and benefit from maintenance may vary.ĬHKDSK may take from 30-40 minutes, up to a few hours, depending upon the size of your hard drive and the number of files installed or save on it. Some users run CHKDSK and Disk Defrag weekly. More frequent scheduling is ordinarily not necessary and would only contribute to wear and tear of your hard drive. If you find this to be the case with your machine's hard drive, consider data and file back-up solutions, run manufacturer's disk-health utilities and anticipate the possible need to replace the hard drive.ĬHKDSK and Disk Defragmentation can be routinely run once monthly or every few months. If CHKDSK regularly identifies additional bad-sectors or a large numbers of bad-sectors, it could be an early indicator predicting hard drive failure. Note: All physical hard drives have a small number of bad-sectors even when new. It is also a good idea to run CHKDSK prior to installing any Service Pack.
CHKDSK inspects and repairs file and folder integrity and the physical structure of a disk, correcting corruptions that can occur after system crash/freezes, power glitches, physical jarring and incorrectly turning off of the machine.ĬHKDSK is most often useful just before running Disk Defragmentation because the Disk Defrag process may not be able to complete if file errors exist.
Note: Another method for this utility to be implemented is via the Recovery ConsoleĬHKDSK is a routine part of good machine maintenance. It can be run either in Command Line mode or Graphical Mode. This is a in-built utility that checks installed Hard-Drives for problems and attempts to repair any of the following that may have occurred:
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