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134 MS-DOS User's Reference
Chkdsk (check disk)
Chkdsk status report
The Chkdsk switches
Saving a Chkdsk
status report
Chkdsk
Purpose:
Scans
the disk in the specified drive and checks it for errors.
Syntax:
chkdsk [drive:) [pathname) [If) [Iv)
Comments:
You should
run chkdsk occasionally on each disk to check for
errors.
If you do run chkdsk on a disk and any errors are found,
chkdsk displays the error messages, followed by a status report.
A typical status
report might look like this:
160256
bytes
total disk
space
8192 bytes
in 2
hidden files
512 bytes in 2 directories
30720
bytes
in 8 user
files
121344 bytes
available
on disk
65536
bytes
total
memory
53152 bytes
free
The If switch fixes errors on the disk. If you do not specify this
switch,
chkdsk does not correct errors that it finds in your direc-
tory, though
it does display messages about files that need to be
fixed.
If you specify the Iv switch, chkdsk displays messages while it is
running.
If you type a filename after chkdsk, MS· DOS displays a status report
for the disk and for the individual file.
Note Chkdsk does not correct errors on a disk unless you
specify the If switch. For more information on chkdsk errors,
refer
to the specific error message in Appendix E, "MS·DOS Message
Directory."
Examples:
If you want to save the chkdsk status report for future use,
you can redirect the output from chkdsk to a file by typing the
following:
chkdsk a:>filename
c