how the hell do u run a dskchk

[marcusd]

ok on windows xp start up it comes up blue screen and then says cancelled a disc check, so u need to perform one for blah blah reasons.

so searched google on how to do it, dos mode thingy and type dskchk runs 1 of 3 gets to 100% then says error cant do such n such in read only

read through google thingy again and it says i need to type volume f: or r: after dskchk but it wont bloody do anything.

need some simple instructions and pref in english not computer talk please.

any help much appreachiated

[Brettles1986]

Right click the drive in computer, go to properties and it's in one of the tabs (error checking), will then prompt u to restart and will initiate on bootup

[cyne]

You don't need to do one really though.

[knight-22]

/f - fixes any errors on the disk
/r - Finds bad sectors and recovers readable information

[marcusd]

Originally Posted by Brettles1986

Right click the drive in computer, go to properties and it's in one of the tabs (error checking), will then prompt u to restart and will initiate on bootup

and why didnt windows just write that instead of the 20 page computer talk i read!!!
much easier to read and understand cheers pal spot on

[marcusd]

Originally Posted by cyne

You don't need to do one really though.

well the computer say i do everytime i start it up and its annoying so i do need to do one

[mlawlan69]

press start type in CMD

then in the black box type /CHKDSK

[marcusd]

Originally Posted by mlawlan69

press start type in CMD

then in the black box type /CHKDSK

if u read the top i can already do that bit

[Slugshead]

Best way is this way...

find a winows XP disk, OEM/SELECT etc any of them

Boot to it
Press "R" so you go to the repair console..
Log into your windows so it will be option 1 if your disk isn't tooo fucked..
then type CHKDSK /f

sit back and wait...

take disk out and reboot
win