How CHKDSK Windows 10 Command Repairs Hard Drive?

CHKDSK Windows 10 command ensures that your hard disk drive is working efficiently.

Maintaining the efficiency and health of the hard disk on your Windows computer is essential to ensure the proper working of your computer.

A weak or almost full hard disk can slow your computer and make storing new data or retrieving existing data quite a headache.

If you’re looking for ways to monitor & improve the health of the disk drives on your Windows computer, then using the CHKDSK Windows 10 command is one of the easiest and most efficient ways.

What does CHKDSK Stand For?

CHKDSK, or Check Disk, is a command that is built into the Windows operating system that automatically performs a multipass scanning on the disk drive of your choice to ensure its efficiency and functionality is working properly.

How Does CHKDSK Windows 10 Work?

So, how does the CHKDSK command work on Windows 10?

Once executed, the first thing that the CHKDSK command does is to scan the disk drive that you selected.

During the scan, the integrity of the file systems, files, and the metadata of files stored in that particular disk is checked.

Logical errors are a common issue found on disk file systems.

For the unaware, file system logical errors refers to corrupted MFT (Master File Table) entries.

The MFT entries within the disk is what indicates how each files are stored within the drive.

Any logical errors found on the file systems are fixed instantly, thus removing any chances of data loss.

Apart from logical entry errors, the CHKDSK command also fixes security flags, misaligned time stamps, and data related to file sizes within the drive.

After completing the initial scan, each sector of the drive is accessed and tested by the command.

Hard drives are then divided as logical sectors, which are basically areas which indicates the size of data to be stored in those sectors.

Even though the CHKDSK command has existed in Windows for some time now, each update to the operating system ensures that the efficiency of the command improves with time.

How to Run CHKDSK Windows 10 using Command Prompt?

There are different ways to run the CHKDSK command on Windows 10.

However, the easiest way to run the CHKDSK wizard is by using the Command Prompt tool within Windows operating system.

Below is how you can run the CHKDSK wizard using Command Prompt in Windows 10.

1. Click on the Search bar in the left corner of the Windows 10 taskbar.
2. When the search bar loads, type in “Command Prompt” (without the quotes).
3. Once you search, in the results find Command Prompt and right-mouse-click on the option.
4. From the drop-down menu that appears, click on the option that says “Run as administrator”.
5. When the Command Prompt window appears, type in the command “CHKDSK drive: /f /r /x” (without the quotes).
   Replace the drive word with the drive on which you wish to run the CHKDSK command.
   If you wish to run the command on the C drive, then the command you need to enter is “CHKDSK C: /f /r /x” (without the quotes).

The “/f” input in the CHKDSK command fixes any errors discovered in the scanning.

The “/r” input in the command instructs the CHKDSK command to find bad sectors within the drive and recover any possible data.

Finally, the “/x” input dismounts the selected drive before beginning the process so as not to cause any read/write issues.

Final Words

We tried to explain about running the CHKDSK Windows 10 command in the easiest possible way in this article.

In case you have any queries about the command or its parameters, do get in touch with us by leaving a comment below and we’ll help you out.