How to Check file system in windows
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Open Computer by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Computer.
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Right-click the hard disk drive that you want to check, and then click Properties.
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Click the Tools tab, and then, under Error-checking, click Check Now. .
To automatically repair problems with files and folders that the scan detects, select Automatically fix file system errors. Otherwise, the disk check will simply report problems but not fix them.
To perform a thorough disk check, select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. This scan attempts to find and repair physical errors on the hard disk itself, and it can take much longer to complete.
To check for both file errors and physical errors, select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.
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Click Start.
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Type chkdsk c:/ r (replace c:/ for other disks you want to check) to repair errors and recover bad sectors
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Type chkdsk c:/ f (replace c:/ for other disks you want to check) to only repair errors
**You have mounted drive (file servers)you can do the online scanning by un-mounting and then run the scan the files system
** if it ask you schdule the scan then you need to reboot the server to do the offline scan
Offline File system Scan
“Use the Following Command
reference : http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx?mfr=true
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