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Windows 7 & Vista - Running Checkdisk from a Boot CD/DVD or Windows Desktop

If Windows will not boot in either normal or prophylactic way, there may be a problem with the file arrangement on your hard bulldoze, or the hard drive itself. Microsoft provides a utility, checkdisk, that can help make up one's mind the state of your hard drive.

  • Running Checkdisk from the Windows CD
  • Running Checkdisk from the Windows Desktop

Running Checkdisk from the Windows CD

  1. You must boot from the Vista installation or recovery disc that came with your computer. Insert your Vista installation DVD and so restart the reckoner.

  2. If you are prompted to Press any fundamental to boot from CD or DVD... do so. If you do not press a fundamental before the message disappears, the calculator will not start using the CD or DVD.

  3. Subsequently your computer has booted from the disc, select your language then press Next, every bit shown beneath.

  4. Click on Repair your computer equally shown below.

  5. You must choose the operating system that you would like to repair. For well-nigh users at that place volition merely be ane choice listed. Select the operating system you wish to repair and click Next as shown below.

    Note: If no operating system is bachelor at this step, there is an result with your Vista installation that cannot be repaired by running chkdsk.

  6. The System Recovery Options will then appear, as shown below. To run checkdisk, yous must click on Command Prompt.

  7. A blackness window will announced, as shown below. This is the Command Prompt.

    In order to run checkdisk to repair the hard drive, yous should type the post-obit:

    chkdsk C: /r

    and press Enter. If Vista is installed on a bulldoze as well the C: drive, you should replace C: with the appropriate drive letter.

  8. Checkdisk will now run. The scan may take several hours to complete.

  9. When the scan is complete, a report similar to the one below volition brandish. If whatsoever errors announced, contact the DoIT Assistance Desk.

  10. To leave the System Recovery tool and reboot your computer, type get out and press Enter. Remember to eject your Windows Vista CD or DVD before your organisation tries to boot from it.

Running Checkdisk from the Windows Desktop

  1. Click on the Start Menu, All Programs, Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and click on Run as Administrator.

  2. A blackness window will announced, as shown below. This is the Command Prompt.

    In order to run checkdisk to repair the hard bulldoze, you should type the following: chkdsk C: /r and press Enter. If Vista is installed on a drive also the C: drive, y'all should replace C: with the appropriate drive letter.

  3. Checkdisk will now run. The browse may take several hours to consummate.

  4. When the scan is complete, a report like to the one below will display. If any errors appear, contact the DoIT Help Desk.

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Owner: Aid Desk KB Team . Group: DoIT Help Desk
Created: 2007-10-03 19:00 CDT Updated: 2020-08-thirteen xviii:22 CDT
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