CHKDSK, also known as Scandisk, is a Windows utility that is used to diagnose and repair computer hard disk drives. It uses a command line interface, and like many command line programs has a variety ...

Who would have thought that one of the more useful troubleshooting tools in Windows 10—good ol’ chkdsk—would itself become wrapped up in a paralyzing bug that could brick your PC. Not me, that’s for ...

The best suggestion I have to give is to hang on and let it run. It may take a couple of hours, but given time; it is known to complete in most cases. If need be, leave it overnight and let it run its ...

Microsoft explained this week that it has updated its venerable CHKDSK utility for Windows 8 such that you won't really need to use it anymore. In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, CHKDSK is still ...

There are reports by some PC users that they are encountering the Restart to repair drive errors notification popping up in the Action Center on their Windows 10 device. If you’re faced with a similar ...

Microsoft recently acknowledged an issue that some Windows 10 customers have been complaining about. The issue caused the Windows 10 devices to fail to boot when the chkdsk tool was used to repair ...

Hard drives are destined to fail, resulting in lost data. Regular maintenance with a Windows 11 utility may prevent a major catastrophe. Explore Get the web's best business technology news, tutorials, ...

I've got a drive that is acting funny and is putting all sorts of events in the event log, but is still mostly functional. I've run chkdsk /R several times, and it keeps finding error, but not fixing ...

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue impacting Windows 10 customers that might cause booting to fail on devices where the chkdsk tool has been used to repair logical file system errors. chkdsk is a ...