Whether your PC uses an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive), all drives are prone to failure after years of wear and tear. Fortunately, the Check Disk Utility (chkdsk) makes it easy to scan and eliminate drive-related problems on your Windows PC by repairing damaged and unreadable data on your drive.
That said, you may want to run this utility regularly to preserve the life of your drive. We will show you the best ways for you to easily run Check Disk Utility on your Windows 11 PC.
1. Run Check Disk Utility from File Explorer
Although Check Disk is a system-level utility, you can open it from File Explorer. Here are the steps for the same:
Step 1: Press Windows + E at the same time to open File Explorer.
Step 2: Navigate to the This PC section of File Explorer located in the left sidebar and right-click on the drive you want to scan. Then from the context menu that appears, click Properties.
Step 3: When the Local Disk Properties (C:) dialog box appears on your desktop, click Tools.
Step 4: Click the Check button in the Error Checking section.
Additionally, a UAC (User Access Control) prompt may appear after clicking Test if you are not logged in as an administrator. If you get a UAC prompt on your PC, click Yes and go to the next step.
Step 5: Click Scan Disk to start the Check Disk scan.
Don’t worry if you see ‘You don’t need to scan this drive’ message. You can ignore it and still click Scan Drive if you have drive related problems on your PC.
Step 6: Wait for the scan to finish. When the scan is finished, click Show details to see more details about the scan using the Event Viewer to check them out. Else, you can click Close.
If all goes well and no drive errors are detected, you will get the message ‘Windows has successfully scanned the drive. No errors found.’ However, if the scan detects any drive errors, Windows will ask you to restart your PC to fix the drive errors.
Meanwhile, if you want more control over how Check Disk Utility (chksdk) scans your PC’s drive, skip to the next section.
2. Run Check Disk Utility using Command Prompt
If you’re comfortable running a few commands, then you can use the Command Prompt to get the job done. Although this method is simple, you will not see any graphical user interface. However, we advise you to proceed with caution.
Here’s how you can run Check Disk Utility using Command Prompt on your PC:
Step 1: Press Windows + S key combination and type Command prompt. Then from the results for Command Prompt, click ‘Run as administrator.’
Step 2: Click Yes when the User Account Control (UAC) prompt appears on the screen.
Step 3: Type the following command in the Command Prompt window and press Enter to scan your C: drive for problems and fix them.
chkdsk c: /r /scan /perf
This command performs a series of scans to check the storage drives on your PC. The /r And /to scan the modifier scans and repairs sectors on your hard drive to make sure there are no bad sectors.
Meanwhile, the /perfect the modifier in the command allows your PC to use as much system resources as possible to complete the Disk Check scan as quickly as possible. You can remove /perfect if you’re okay with waiting for the scan to run.
If you want to scan other drives on your PC, replace c: in the command with any other drive letter.
This command may take some time to scan and fix problems with your hard drive. After CHKDSK finishes scanning your PC, you’ll see a message telling you whether the program found any corrupt files or other drive errors that need fixing.
If the scan doesn’t find any problems, you’ll get a message that says ‘Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further action is required.’ However, if it detects any corrupt files or other drive errors, it will automatically repair them for you.
3. Run Check Disk Utility using Advance Startup Options
Can’t start your computer see the desktop? Don’t worry, you can use this method to run Disk Check Utility from Advanced Startup Options. Here are the steps for the same:
Step 1: Press the power button to turn on your PC. When the Windows logo appears, press and hold the power button to force shut down your PC.
Step 2: Restart your PC 3 more times until you see the Auto Repair screen. Then, click Advanced Options to access the Advanced Boot Options menu.
If you cannot access Advanced Boot Options using the method mentioned above, try accessing Advanced Boot Options using a USB Recovery Drive and move on to the next step.
Note: You can only access Advanced Boot Options with a USB Recovery Drive if you have created a USB recovery drive.
Step 3: When your PC restarts and you get to the blue Choose an option screen, click Troubleshoot.
Step 4: Click on Advanced options.
Step 5: Click Command Prompt.
Step 6: Type the following command in the Command Prompt window and press Enter to scan your C: drive for problems and fix them. If you want to scan other drives on your PC, replace c: in the command with any other drive letter.
chkdsk /f C:
The chkdsk command performs a series of scans to check the storage drives on your PC. While /f modifier is responsible for fixing bad sectors (errors in your hard drive’s file system).
If the scan doesn’t find any problems, you’ll get a message that says ‘Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further action is required.’ However, if it detects any corrupt files or other drive errors, it will automatically repair them for you.
Alternatively, you can follow the steps mentioned in the second part of this article to conduct a more detailed scan of your PC drive.
Scan and fix hard drive problems on Windows 11
You can use any of the methods above to access Check Disk Utility on your Windows 11 PC. Running the Check Disk Utility on your PC helps to maintain the integrity and stability of the file system and data.
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