Chkdsk

Displays disk status and corrects errors found on the specified disk.

Syntax

 chkdsk [drive:][[path] filename] [/f] [/v] [/r] [/x] [/i] [/c] [/l[:size]] 

Parameters
Parameter	Purpose
None	Displays disk status for the current drive.
[drive:]	Specifies the drive to be checked.
[path] filename	Specifies files to be checked for fragmentation.
[/f]	Repairs disk errors.
[/v]	Displays the name of each file that is processed.
[/r]	Finds bad sectors and attempts to recover lost data.
[/x] NTFS only. Forces the volume dismount on NTFS volumes.

Parameters
Parameter	Purpose
[/i]	NTFS only. Speeds up chkdsk by performing a less extensive check on NTFS volumes.
[/c]	NTFS only. Eliminates checking of cycles inside folders on NTFS volumes.
/l[:size] NTFS only. Displays or changes log file size on NTFS volumes.