Comments on: Guide to Using Check Disk in Windows Vista

By: leah

leah — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:49:17 +0000

Hi,

I have the same problem as Nancy Floyd. I’ve tried doing the scannow in the cmd prompt and only get to about 69% before it stops. I can’t do a system restore, i only have 2 restore dates to choose from and both of them have corrupted files and then i’m told to do a check disk, but can’t get my computer to do the check disk. How do i force my computer to do the check disk?

thanks,

Leah

By: Chep K

Chep K — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:31:53 +0000

I log in as an admin but cannot carry out simple tasks such as chkdsk. This problem started the day i had a new anti-virus installed. Please hep.

By: Elmer Homero

Elmer Homero — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:03:32 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Very helpful.

By: Gerard Espinas

Gerard Espinas — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:18:47 +0000

Great Article and very informative.Thanks!

By: nancy floyd

nancy floyd — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:09:53 +0000

I also have the problem that it says cant scan when the disc is in use…..do you want to schedule? so i schedule …but then when i reboot…..nothing happens….it doesnt scan…if there a way to force a scan or what do you do next?

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:05:56 +0000

My disk check is stuck at stage 4! I am having major problems with a just 2 day old laptop! Do I just let it sit, or cancel? could it be a manufacturer issue with the driver? An suggestions… please e-mail me.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:31:00 +0000

What if you schedule the disk check and when you start up it says the disk check is recommended and then it says it is cancelled? There is obviously something wrong because when I open I.E. about a hundred pages open and same with microsoft outlook.

I’ve actually got Windows XP, though.

By: DR

DR — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:12:41 +0000

Was helpful. Thanks for doing this..

By: Desi

Desi — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:20:13 +0000

Thank you for posting this, it was really clear and helped a lot, but I ran into some problems once I got to the disk check on startup. All was fine, until the check got stuck on 7-8%. It didn’t change or anything- I can’t get to my desktop! This of course, is a huge problem. Any advice?

By: pipo

pipo — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:45:01 +0000

when i try to schedule a check disk for my primary (C:) drive and i reboot, i get a blank/black screen. i waited for about 10 mins, but the screen didn’t change, was that the check disk or does that mean that something’s wrong?