Comments on: How to Use Check Disk in Windows Vista http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/ Windows Vista help and how-to guides that help you get the most out of your computer Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:38:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2380 Mike Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:48:10 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2380 Michael, Don't choose repair. Just watch the first screens during the boot process. It should announce it is going to do as seen here: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/173198-disk-check-press-any-key-timeout-value-startup.html Mike Michael,

Don’t choose repair. Just watch the first screens during the boot process. It should announce it is going to do as seen here:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/173198-disk-check-press-any-key-timeout-value-startup.html

Mike

]]> By: Mike http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2379 Mike Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:45:15 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2379 Hi Charles, Putting the drive in another machine was a bad move but your data will still be there. It would never boot in the 2nd machine unless you're really lucky. The problem is it may have changed something that will stop it booting in the original PC. I suggest you put everything back as it was, then press F8 during the black screen phase when you first power on. Then either choose System Restore, or Startup repair. I don't know why it didn't boot after scandisk in the first place. Startup repair is the FIRST one to try. Both these options will NOT lose any data - they will just repair windows boot files if they need it. If neither works don't panic. You have a second PC. If it has a working copy of Windows (Vista) you can just put the disk in as a second drive. Once booted the drive will just appear as another drive letter automatically. If it doesn't still don't panic. Just talk to a professional and they will easily fix it. Of course the disk *may* have died but I doubt it. Good luck Mike PS: I do this stuff for a living so am more than qualified. Hi Charles,

Putting the drive in another machine was a bad move but your data will still be there. It would never boot in the 2nd machine unless you’re really lucky. The problem is it may have changed something that will stop it booting in the original PC.

I suggest you put everything back as it was, then press F8 during the black screen phase when you first power on. Then either choose System Restore, or Startup repair.

I don’t know why it didn’t boot after scandisk in the first place. Startup repair is the FIRST one to try. Both these options will NOT lose any data – they will just repair windows boot files if they need it.

If neither works don’t panic. You have a second PC. If it has a working copy of Windows (Vista) you can just put the disk in as a second drive. Once booted the drive will just appear as another drive letter automatically.

If it doesn’t still don’t panic. Just talk to a professional and they will easily fix it.

Of course the disk *may* have died but I doubt it.

Good luck

Mike
PS: I do this stuff for a living so am more than qualified.

]]> By: Michael http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2378 Michael Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:15:23 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2378 I am running windows vista 32-bit. I try to do disk check and I tells me that i need to schedule it for the next restart. so I schedule it. I restart the computer and it goes directly to my desktop. I tried running disk check through the cmd. and again it tells me to schedule it for the next restart. I schedule it and restart my computer. I goes directly to my desktop. I tried restarting my computer and pressing F8 and select repair computer. again it goes directly to my computer. Does anyone have any suggestions? thanks I am running windows vista 32-bit. I try to do disk check and I tells me that i need to schedule it for the next restart. so I schedule it. I restart the computer and it goes directly to my desktop. I tried running disk check through the cmd. and again it tells me to schedule it for the next restart. I schedule it and restart my computer. I goes directly to my desktop. I tried restarting my computer and pressing F8 and select repair computer. again it goes directly to my computer. Does anyone have any suggestions? thanks

]]> By: Charles http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2363 Charles Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:45:29 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2363 I had use scandisk under windows vista... My computer restart to do the scan... everything works great! I try to boot my OS after.. and nothing, windows don't want to boot I take my HD and I put it in another computer... But, not able to work on. Someone can help me. Please : I lost many files. I need to repair it. I had use scandisk under windows vista… My computer restart to do the scan… everything works great!

I try to boot my OS after.. and nothing, windows don’t want to boot

I take my HD and I put it in another computer… But, not able to work on.

Someone can help me. Please : I lost many files. I need to repair it.

]]> By: davitof http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2266 davitof Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:20:43 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2266 Cycles are when folder A contains folder B which again contains folder A. I mean that B actually contains A again, not that it contains a folder which happens to be named "A". When this happens, you can endlessly open A, then B, then A, then B, then A, then... and opening the full tree structure will probably hang the Explorer. This of course should never happen, but it is possible. I never saw this happen on a NTFS drive, but I saw it in FAT, which does not mean it is impossible in NTFS. Some disk repair or file recovery tools could do this kind of mistake. I guess that in this case chkdsk removes the reference to folder A in folder B. Cycles are when folder A contains folder B which again contains folder A. I mean that B actually contains A again, not that it contains a folder which happens to be named “A”. When this happens, you can endlessly open A, then B, then A, then B, then A, then… and opening the full tree structure will probably hang the Explorer. This of course should never happen, but it is possible. I never saw this happen on a NTFS drive, but I saw it in FAT, which does not mean it is impossible in NTFS. Some disk repair or file recovery tools could do this kind of mistake. I guess that in this case chkdsk removes the reference to folder A in folder B.

]]> By: wmholt http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2251 wmholt Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:25:51 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-2251 William - you can capture the results by setting up a batch file which consists of only these lines of text: chkdsk.exe d: /f pause I'm using Drive D: as an example. Save your file as something like, "Checkdisk_D.bat", and when you run it, the window will stay open after the results are displayed, allowing you to go to the menu in the command window and choose, "Edit -> Mark", which allows you to highlight the text, and then "Edit -> Copy" after the text is marked. You can then copy the results into a regular text file. The command window's menu is accessible by clicking on the little black icon in the top left corner with the picture showing "C:\". William – you can capture the results by setting up a batch file which consists of only these lines of text:

chkdsk.exe d: /f
pause

I’m using Drive D: as an example.

Save your file as something like, “Checkdisk_D.bat”, and when you run it, the window will stay open after the results are displayed, allowing you to go to the menu in the command window and choose, “Edit -> Mark”, which allows you to highlight the text, and then “Edit -> Copy” after the text is marked. You can then copy the results into a regular text file.

The command window’s menu is accessible by clicking on the little black icon in the top left corner with the picture showing “C:\”.

]]> By: Ann Printer http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-1998 Ann Printer Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:30:14 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-1998 Good stuff. I saw something like this in SE Michigan recently on machine in for repair. Good stuff.

I saw something like this in SE Michigan recently on machine in for repair.

]]> By: John http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-1911 John Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:26:54 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-1911 Greg says: June 18, 2009 at 12:42 amAs stated previously (and not really answered) — a second restart does NOT invoke Chkdsk. “When I schedule the chkdsk at next boot, it still indicates the file system is NTFS and the disk is locked and it can’t perform the check.” Soooooo, I repeat and ask again —- Now what? If your getting this in command prompt you will need to say Yes (or Y) to the option of unmounting your harddrive on next restart.... Greg says:
June 18, 2009 at 12:42 amAs stated previously (and not really answered) — a second restart does NOT invoke Chkdsk.

“When I schedule the chkdsk at next boot, it still indicates the file system is NTFS and the disk is locked and it can’t perform the check.”

Soooooo, I repeat and ask again —- Now what?

If your getting this in command prompt you will need to say Yes (or Y) to the option of unmounting your harddrive on next restart….

]]> By: Greg http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-1530 Greg Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:42:49 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-1530 As stated previously (and not really answered) --- a second restart does NOT invoke Chkdsk. "When I schedule the chkdsk at next boot, it still indicates the file system is NTFS and the disk is locked and it can’t perform the check." Soooooo, I repeat and ask again ---- Now what? As stated previously (and not really answered) — a second restart does NOT invoke Chkdsk.

“When I schedule the chkdsk at next boot, it still indicates the file system is NTFS and the disk is locked and it can’t perform the check.”

Soooooo, I repeat and ask again —- Now what?

]]> By: SirMartin http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-1009 SirMartin Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:03:07 +0000 http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/#comment-1009 Hope it works. but thanks anyway :) Hope it works. but thanks anyway :)

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