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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:11 pm
Post subject: Chkdsk question
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I want to run chkdsk to help clean up the hard drive. Will i have any
subsequent problems{lost or corrupt files for example} doing this?
Thanks
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:57 pm
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shareyourknowledge.RemoveThis@hotmail.com wrote:
> I want to run chkdsk to help clean up the hard drive. Will i have
> any subsequent problems{lost or corrupt files for example} doing
> this? Thanks

CHKDSK is not a disk cleanup tool.
CHKDSK is used to locate and mark issues with your hard disk drive.
If you run CHKDSK and it finds issues - yes - you could lose data.
Of course - without running it - you might not know you have a problem until
you are completely unprepared and lose more.

You should make an extra backup (outside your normal periodic backup
schedule) and run CHKDSK and then DEFRAGMENT.

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