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What is the risk of shutting down CMD and aborting chkdsk C: /r near end of stage 5?

I'm in South Africa and we have a huge issue with power supply. We experience 2 to 3 stages of load/power shedding a day for 2 to 4hrs at a time. My Lenovo ThinkPad x220 battery is useless so i have ...
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Is there a way to run Windows CHKDSK to scan surface without attempt to repair?

Is there a way to run a surface scan of a hard drive using Windows CHKDSK without attempt to repair? The only option I see for a surface scan is /r which scans the surface but also attempts recovery ...
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how to see the full path of files or folders in CHKDSK?

is there a way to see full paths when using CHKDSK instead of just file names and folder names? context: this way i know exactly what to restore from my backups
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In chkdsk, does /b imply /f?

This is one of those small everyday things that I've always wondered but have always considered too trivial to ask. I decided to in the end because it's interesting to know and would save me a few ...
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