Name of real good Disk Checker needed

[Rebel]

[quote name='Duchess843' post='766620' date='21-Mar-2009 15:27']Thank you John and Batcher. I will try it Batcher's way first, if that fails then I'll try John's. One of them is sure to work.[/quote]
BOTH will work.

[Duchess843]

[quote name='Bigaldoc' post='766458' date='20-Mar-2009 15:26']Create a shortcut on your desktop as I have on mine:

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How do I reach DOS Prompt Properties? Sorry to be so ignorant but that's what I am when it comes to DOS. That was way before my time on a computer.

[bigaldoc]

[quote name='Duchess843' post='766624' date='21-Mar-2009 15:43']How do I reach DOS Prompt Properties?[/quote]
On your desktop, right-click in an empty spot and select New, Shortcut. In the coming window, put CMD.EXE and continue out. You should end up with a shortcut on your desktop like this clip shows. I have then right-clicked on this new shortcut and selected Properties to get the screenshot you see. In this screen, enter the information from my previous example. You can RENAME the shortcut as I have to DOS Prompt (which is really a misnomer) or anything else you'd like. (If you leave the shortcut as created, it will open in the Windows folder.)

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[Argus]

[quote name='BATcher' post='765972' date='18-Mar-2009 07:06']To add to what John says, I always use
CHKDSK C: /F /V /R
<snip>[/quote]
Now, if someone would like to explain to me (though I know how to use chkdsk) why they use both parameters /f and /r in Windows Normal mode, and at the same time explain to this Swede the meaning of the English word "implies", I would be grateful.

Thank you.

[Duchess843]

[quote name='Rebel' post='766621' date='21-Mar-2009 15:39']BOTH will work.[/quote]

I went to command prompt and changed to the C drive by typing CD C:\
At the C prompt I typed chkdsk c: \ and a message appeared that read: chkdsk is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I tried it both ways and the same message appeared.

What did I do wrong?

[Argus]

[quote name='Duchess843' post='766644' date='22-Mar-2009 00:37']I went to command prompt and changed to the C drive by typing CD C:\
At the C prompt I typed chkdsk c: \ and a message appeared that read: chkdsk is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I tried it both ways and the same message appeared.

What did I do wrong?[/quote]
You added a backslash somehow (if you now typed what you did at the command prompt), that should not be there.

If you do as you have been told here that should not happen. For a start, some told you about the help; "chkdsk /?" will give you an explanation about the different parameters - but also (as always) the syntax.

Remember: if you use chkdsk (or in the UI check disk) without parameters it will be in read only mode, i.e. it will only check but not repair.

So, you have for read only mode (no switch parameter) and no need for "C:\" :
chkdsk C:

For more examples use /? or see, for example, this post.

[Rebel]

[quote name='Duchess843' post='766644' date='21-Mar-2009 19:37']I went to command prompt and changed to the C drive by typing CD C:\
At the C prompt I typed chkdsk c: \ and a message appeared that read: chkdsk is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I tried it both ways and the same message appeared.

What did I do wrong?[/quote]
Gloria,
Have you read ANY of the previous posts, or did you actually do a "chkdsk /?". Do you see in ANY of these posts or in the results of "chkdsk /?" where there was ANY command that read "chkdsk c: \" ?