Commodore PC - Chkdsk

34 MS-DOS User's Reference
Chkdsk (check disk) Chkdsk
Chkdsk status report
The Chkdsk switches
Purpose:
Scans the disk in the specified drive and checks it for errors.
Syntax:
chkdsk [drive:] [pathname] [If] [/v]
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:
total disk space
in 2 hidden files
in 2 directories
in 8 user files
available on disk
memory
160256
8192
512
30720
121344
bytes
bytes
bytes
bytes
bytes
65536 bytes total
53152 bytes free
The /f 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 /v 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.
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Note Chkdsk does not correct errors on a disk unless you
specify the /f switch. For more information on chkdsk errors,
refer to the specific error message in Appendix E, "ms-dos Message
Directory."
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Saving a Chkdsk
status report
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
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