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12-24-2007

Boot from the Vista DVD, go into the repair menu, and run chkdsk from a
command prompt.

"zorzal" wrote:

Quote:

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> I set chkdsk /f in three three ways but it does not check the drive on
> reboot; it goes all the way to vista as usual.
> a) opened a comand window with admin privileges, run chkdsk /f, tells
> me that will do it on reboot but does not, b) found chkdsk.exe on
> explorer, right click on the file, run as admin, same thing, c) on
> explorer right click on drive c:, properties, click on the button for
> check disk, same thing.
> DID chkdsk with no switches on a command window, it shows corrupted
> sectors and quits w/o checking all the disk.
> DID fsutil dirty query c: and yes, the drive is dirty.
> I have a Lenovo 3000 N100, Vista Home Premium, and a C: drive Hitachi
> ATA. Ir runs very slow but fine otherwise.
> What can I do to fix those bad sectors ?
> Thanks, Zorzal.
>
>
> --
> zorzal
>
> Zorzal.
>

12-24-2007	#2 (permalink)
Conley n/a posts	RE: chkdsk does not check drive on re-boot Boot from the Vista DVD, go into the repair menu, and run chkdsk from a command prompt. "zorzal" wrote: Quote: > > I set chkdsk /f in three three ways but it does not check the drive on > reboot; it goes all the way to vista as usual. > a) opened a comand window with admin privileges, run chkdsk /f, tells > me that will do it on reboot but does not, b) found chkdsk.exe on > explorer, right click on the file, run as admin, same thing, c) on > explorer right click on drive c:, properties, click on the button for > check disk, same thing. > DID chkdsk with no switches on a command window, it shows corrupted > sectors and quits w/o checking all the disk. > DID fsutil dirty query c: and yes, the drive is dirty. > I have a Lenovo 3000 N100, Vista Home Premium, and a C: drive Hitachi > ATA. Ir runs very slow but fine otherwise. > What can I do to fix those bad sectors ? > Thanks, Zorzal. > > > -- > zorzal > > Zorzal. >
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