CHKDSK, or CheckDisk, scans a hard drive for errors that can affect the integrity of the device. The command-line application inspects the drive for lost file fragments, cross-linked files and bad ...

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If you frequently face a system crash, screen freeze, or the legendary BSOD – Blue Screen Of Death – on your Windows computer, certain registry files in Windows are likely corrupted. These problems ...

Over the weekend, we brought you news about a new bug with the Windows 10 Check Disk Utility (chkdsk) that is crippling some PCs. The bug was unfortunately introduced with KB4592438 for Windows 10 ...

Chkdsk.exe scans the PC’s hard drives looking for errors in the files and file structures. The memory leak — which can cause the PC to stop operating — occurs when chkdsk.exe is run on secondary disks ...