Chkdsk /r for vista

Just recently, I was able to fix a Windows Vista pc that "blue-screened" on a daily basis, just by performing chkdsk. The term "blue screen" or "blue screen of death - BSD" is computer-geek language to refer to the blue error screen that shows up on your computer monitor when your computer experiences a "crash" and totally gives up normal operation. Everything was fine, up until a certain morning when the pc was in a blue screen error state. A hard-reset was the only way to get life back into the pc.

From then on though, every morning brought the same scenario: blue screen. I decided to let Windows Vista chkdsk run on the machine to perform some basic disk diagnostics and repair actions.

Sure enough, chkdsk found some disk errors and was even able to automatically repair disk errors it found. The underlying problem was that "Windows Defender" a Microsoft security tool to help protect your computer against spyware and other threats was scheduled to perform a complete system scan at 2am every night.

This complete system scan involves a lot of hard disk activity and must have hit the problematic areas on the hard disk night after night. Insert your Vista installation DVD and then restart the computer. After your computer has booted from the disc, select your language and then press Next , as shown below. You must choose the operating system that you would like to repair. For most users there will only be one option listed. Select the operating system you wish to repair and click Next as shown below.

If it encounters errors, chkdsk pauses and displays messages. Chkdsk finishes by displaying a report that lists the status of the disk. You cannot open any files on the specified drive until chkdsk finishes. Chkdsk displays a status report, and then lists the files that match the file specifications that have noncontiguous blocks. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode.

Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Important Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to run chkdsk. Important Interrupting chkdsk is not recommended. Note Chkdsk can be used only for local disks. Submit and view feedback for This product This page. View all page feedback.

In this article. Specifies the location and name of a file or set of files that you want chkdsk to check for fragmentation. You can use the? Fixes errors on the disk. The disk must be locked.