How To Run The Windows ChkDsk (Check Disk) Utility

Run From Windows CD/DVD (computer will not boot)

Step 1

Insert the Windows 7 CD/DVD in the drive while the computer is on


Step 2

Turn off the computer and restart it


Step 3

When prompted to ‘Press any key to boot from CD or DVD’ do so by pressing any key


Step 4

Click Next on the Install Windows screen


Step 5

Click Repair your computer


Step 6

Make sure your install of Windows is highlighted and click Next


Step 7

Click Command Prompt from the System Recovery Options (the command prompt window will appear)


Step 8

Type in this exact command: chkdsk c: /f /r


Step 9

Press Enter


Step 10

When compete, review the report to see if any disk errors were detected and fixed


Step 11

Type Exit and hit Enter to reboot your computer


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Comments

  1. bow says:

    I don’t have legit windows so this doesn’t help much.
    Sometimes chkdsk runs when I try to turn it on, very rarely, this happens to me quite a bit, and Chkdsk helps every single time, this time, all it did was do 2/3 steps, one of them failed, no idea how to get it back on there, I’ve done all your other preivous steps, and still, nothing, the Last Know Good Configuration will not work because it just stops at starting windows loading screen, realllllllly annoying, Like seriously throwing computer out the window annoying.
    After this gets fixed, getting legit windows because this is f***** upppp. <Sorry, just oh wow..
    I know it's probably a virus, BUT, the only thing I did was download from youtube. as i do every other day and causes no problems. AAAAAHHHHH nothing works. :@
    Probably will have to go to a computer store and pay like 50k for them to fix this. -__-
    If you could help me out, that would be great!

    • Matt says:

      Sounds like you have a failing hard drive. Since it sounds like you do not have a Windows CD for this install then you might not have too many options.

      Sounds like your best course of action would be to get a new hard drive, get a legit copy of Windows, then pull your data off your old drive. It’s probably still good enough to pull the data from.

      I wish you the best!

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