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Chkdsk for a specific directory or File !?!? The Syntax

I need help to chkdsk a specific Directory : F:\GOG\*.* I am too stupid to understand the chkdsk sytax for file: CHKDSK [Volume[[Pfad]Dateiname]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:Größe]][/B] [/scan]...
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Is chkdsk saying my entire drive is bad?

I recently ran an aggressive shredding program on a Toshiba external spinning drive, then a recovery program on it to check that the shredding worked, and then non-quick reformatted it with NTFS. I ...
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CHKDSK fails in Windows 10 but ok in Windows 7

I have an old SSHD (Hybrid) 2.5" drive from my old Macbook which I wanted to reuse. So I decided to backup its NTFS volumes on Windows 10 Home but when I mounted it complained that it needed to check ...
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External HD defrag stuck at 0% consolidated - due to discrepancy?

I have an Acer laptop running windows 10. I have tried multiple times to defragment my external Hard Drive (Seagate) but every time it gets stuck 0% consolidated. I have run CHKDSK and I am posting ...
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Disk Mirror Failed After Clean Windows Reformat

I don't remember the specification of my late windows 11 but my HDD disk was working perfectly fine despite not having been defrag for a couple of months. Recently I reformatted my PC with a new ...
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Can I run chkdsk for different HDDs at the same time (external via USB)?

I want to run multiple chkdsk commands (for different HDDs) at the same time.  All of them are external via USB. I searched for this on Google, but there were few results that were really relevant to ...
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Insufficient disk space to repair master file table

After I had to unplug my external HDD during copying on ubuntu, it became unreadable. I'd had this problem before and it can be fixed through chkdsk. But this time chkdsk failed with the following ...
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Identify file name(s) associated with chkdsk corrupt file record segments

I have a Dell XPS15, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, Windows 10. The following are the results from CHKDSK read-only: The type of the file system is NTFS. Volume label is OS. WARNING! /F parameter not ...
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Is there any way to figure out which file is changed by chkdsk to replaced bad cluster?

I already posted similar question, but until nobody replied as solution of it. so i am trying to change the question as more detailed. This is the last screen just before exiting chkdsk. There were ...
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CHKDISK on boot detects corrupt attribute records - what should we do now?

Running an 8-year old desktop PC with Windows 7, AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor 3.40GHz, 4GB RAM, with a Samsung HD103SJ ATA hard disk (920Gb). Used fairly lightly by one user for most of those 8 ...
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Output disparity on Chkdsk and Drive Properties

I recently noticed that one of my drives is having issues and I suspect it may be failing. Apps on this drive are slow to load (sometimes wont load at all and freeze), and any game that is on this ...
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Basic SSD disk corrupted after a clean Windows reformat

As the title stated, I've been using the disk (Adata SU650) for quite a long time and never had issues with it until lately I clean reformatted my PC and realized during the initial setup there's a ...
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Windows refuses to scan SSD disk

In the last weeks my Windows 10 pc has been throwing blue screens (Multiple times a day). Viewing the Event Viewer I've found that all crashes are related to this error: So I run the chkdsk command ...
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Can resizing a partition give chkdsk more clusters for recovery?

chkdsk /f /r is showing "The disk does not have enough space to replace bad clusters". I know I need to replace the drive, but some files were not readable when I went to copy the data off. Would ...
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How and when to interrupt CHKDSK?

My Lenovo Z50 laptop has been giving me problems, so I set it to run CHKDSK /f /r /x when I rebooted. Several hours later, it's stuck at 12%. The dots are circling, so I suspect I should let it ...
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