CHKDSK cannot open volume for direct access

CHKDSK or Check Disk is a utility built inside the Windows operating systems that work to maintain the integrity of the disk connected to a computer. It can be launched both via Graphical User Interface as well as via Command […]

Error 0x80071AC3, Volume is dirty error message – CHKDSK on Windows

One of the CHKDSK errors is the Volume is a dirty error message. It refers to the fact that the CHKDSK operation on your computer did not go through dues to potential corruption of hard drive’s sectors, data corruption including the […]

CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode

CHKDSK proves to be most helpful to fix any issue with storage, file system, and disk. But when scanning the operating system partition or some external storage devices, it may throw some error. One such error is the CHKDSK cannot […]

Failed to transfer logged messages to the log event with status 50

One of the most common hardware problems with any computer is usually with the hard drive. If the hard drive goes bad, you could lose a lot of important information stored on your system. Thus, Windows has provided users with […]

The disk does not have enough space to replace bad clusters

If when you run the built-in Disk Checker Utility on your Windows computer, ChkDsk throw up an error message while looking for bad clusters – A disk read error occurred, The disk does not have enough space to replace bad […]

The type of the file system is RAW, CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives

CHKDSK is a useful tool when you need to repair bad or corrupt sectors of your hard disk. But at times, when trying to run this Disk Checking tool you may see an error message – The type of the […]

Windows 10 Scanning and repairing drive is stuck

Windows 10 operating system has a neat feature of checking the disk for bad sectors and other disk faults. But sometimes this feature becomes painful as it gets stuck. This makes the Windows 10 PC take a long time to […]

How to reduce ChkDsk countdown time in Windows 10

The hard disk of your PC can take a hit if the power supply (SMPS) does not yield the desired output required for all the hardware and peripherals to function. This can lead to data corruption. During such instances, Windows […]

External hard drive inaccessible? Format External Drive or run Check Disk using CMD

Today I tried to connect my old Seagate external drive to my Windows PC after a long time and found that I was just unable to access it. When I connected it, in the Computer folder, the green bar just […]

Disk Error Checking: How to run CHKDSK in Windows 10

Users of Windows 10/8 may have noticed that Disk Error Checking is a bit different from the earlier versions of Windows. Checking your hard disk, every once in a while for errors – usually caused due to improper or sudden shutdowns, […]

ChkDsk stuck at particular % or hangs at some Stage

If you find that Check Disk or ChkDsk is stuck at a particular percentage or hangs at some stage in Windows, then this post suggests some troubleshooting steps that may help you. It could be 10%, 12%, 27% or any […]

Command Line Check Disk Options, Switches, Parameters in Windows 10/8/7

Check Disk or Chkdsk.exe is a built-in Windows utility used to check for errors in the disk media and in the file system. If you face problems ranging from blue screens to inability to open or save files or folders, one […]

ChkDsk or Check Disk runs at every startup in Windows 10/8/7

The Check Disk Utility or Chkdsk.exe in Windows 10/8/7 and Windows Vista is used to check for errors in the disk media and in the file system. If you face problems ranging from blue screens to inability to open, save files […]

How to cancel ChkDsk in Windows 10

In this post, we will see how to cancel ChkDsk in Windows 10/8 at startup or reboot, after it has been scheduled in Windows. Disk Error Checking in Windows 10/8 is a bit different from the earlier versions of Windows. In […]

ChkDsk or Check Disk will not run at startup in Windows 10

Whenever we need to detect and fix file system or disk corruption, we run the built-in Windows Check Disk tool. The Check Disk utility or ChkDsk.exe checks file system errors, bad sectors, lost clusters, and so on. If the disk […]

After a Check Disk, Windows 7 may display the Disk as being full

Have you ever encountered a situation, where you went to check up the free space on any disk on your Windows 7 computer and found to your surprise that it was displaying 0, even when you knew for a fact […]

CheckDiskGUI, a Graphical User Interface for the Windows CHKDSK utility

CheckDiskGUI is a Graphical User Interface for the command line utility CHKDSK. It can display the file system integrity status of hard disks and floppy disk and can fix logical file system errors CheckDiskGUI CheckDiskGUI is similar to the fsck […]

Check Hard Disk for Errors, Health, Bad Sectors in Windows 7/8/10

From time to time, it is a good practice to check your hard drive (hard disk) for errors using a tool built in to Windows called CHKDSK (for Check Disk). It is important that you keep a watch on your Hard […]

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