Windows 10: How often to run Check Disk on Windows 10

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  1. SWORDSONG
    Swordsong Win User

    How often to run Check Disk on Windows 10


    Hi all


    In the past I've found Check Disk to be very useful in maintaining my hard drives. Now I have Windows 10, should I still run Check Disk on each drive every few months to maintain it?


    Many thanks


    Aidan

    :)
     
    Swordsong, Aug 15, 2020
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  2. LLLLLLLLLLLL
    llllllllllll Win User

    Checking Disk Consistency

    Ok i did as viper suggested, but it stops checking at stage 3. It is still saying the drive is dirty, and still needs to be checked. I did a defrag and a disk cleanup, and suggestions?
     
    llllllllllll, Aug 15, 2020
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  3. ANUP KARKAL
    Anup Karkal Win User
    Windows 10 Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected

    Hi Marcus,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    Please answer the below question so that we can understand the situation better.

    1. Are you trying to run a check disk on read only file or read and write file?

    2. Are you trying to perform check disk from recovery environment

    Please follow the below steps and check if it helps.

    • Click the Start button, then click on Settings
    • Then click on Update and Security, locate and select
      Recovery       and click on Advance Startup.
    • You will now enter the Windows Recovery Environment, once there click on
      Troubleshoot and then Advance Options.
    • In advance options I would suggest you to go to command prompt and run the check disk and check if it helps.

    Warning: Microsoft does not recommend interrupting the CHKDSK process. Microsoft does not guarantee the integrity of the disk if the CHKDSK program is interrupted .For safety
    you can back up your data before using the check disk command.

    Important: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be
    lost.

    I would also suggest you to refer the link below and check if it helps

    Chkdsk

    Your reply is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us with the above information in order to assist you accordingly.
     
    Anup Karkal, Aug 15, 2020
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  4. JACKATTACK95
    JackAttack95 Win User

    How often to run Check Disk on Windows 10

    Disk Check Issue?

    I'm having the Disk Check issue again. However, this time, I can't use Startup Repair to fix it. Can you address this?
     
    JackAttack95, Aug 15, 2020
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