Installed new HDD which I cloned with my old HDD data. Everything seems to function well except now I cannot use chkdsk. I use the admin cmd prompt and order a chkdsk using chkdsk C: /r and then restart the computer. Upon restart the information sentence about hit any key comes up but then, without me hitting any key, the computer continues on to a regular Windows start up instead of going into chkdsk. Not computer literate senior citizen seeks advice. Thanks
Why don't you try "chkdsk C: /scan /offlinescanandfix /r" Its always worked for me.
You can do in windows from a cmd prompt chkdsk c: it wont fix amything but tell you if there are problems not report at the end
appreciate the quick response -- tried as posted but No Joy. Really wierd why this is happening. I never have had a problem before.
2 things. Did you try the 2nd suggestion and if so what did it show?
sfc /scannow might fix the problem if above was no help.
Last edited by NotRite; 07 Jan 2017 at 14:54.
Thansk so very much to you folks who took the time to help me! I am happy to report the sfc /scannow did the trick! Everything appears to be back to normal and I am good to go with my new 1TB hard drive. Appreciate everyones' responses! Thanks again.
I was not so lucky. The SSD could not be imaged due to apparent bad sector(s). After many unsuccessful attempts to get <<< CHKDSK C: /f >>> to run it finally ran but "hung" (during bootup) at only 22% completion. There was no apparent way to "unfreeze" so power was turned off. But during subsequent reboot the SSD could not be properly accessed causing continuous automatic reboots without success. Is the SSD now TOAST ?? If not, how can it be restored to working condition (bootable) with apparent bad sectors repaired ??
Bewildered Bob
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