Make a CheckDisk under Vista

The CheckDisk feature ( analyse your hard disk) allows to spot and correct certain types of errors related to (the indexes, the MFT, ...)

This can be useful when access to your disks are not allowed or in the case that you are having some difficulty to delete a particular file.

Graphical method

First, start with this procedure:
Go to the Start Menu> Computer
Right click on the partition you want to checkout> Properties
Go to the Tools tab> Check Now

The second box, provide features allowing a deep analysis of the sectors on the disk and when bad sectors are locate, the system will attempt to restore the data on these sectors.
Click Start to start the analysis and repair.

Command line method

The method command line is better because it provides more options for analysis. For more information, type chkdsk /? in the console.

Go to the Start menu> All Programs> Accessories
Right-click Command Prompt> Run as administrator
In the console, type the command
chkdsk / F x:
x is the letter assigned to the partition in question (Go to PC to confirm this letter)
To make a deep analysis, type the command
chkdsk / F / R / I x:
Confirm with ENTER

Note

• If you want to analyze the system partition (where the OS is installed, the system will ask for an analysis plan when starting the system. This is useful because no application will be loaded into memory.
• The deep analysis will take much longer than normal analysis.
• If you can not do this analysis in normal mode, try the safe mode.