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I can set the drive (volume), but not directory path or file path. chkdsk (with /h) utility shows that I could set the optional parameter path and filename, but I get the following message instead.

>chkdsk c:\Users /f
The drive, the path, or the file name is not valid.

The following command is the same one from the Microsoft help page, but I still get the same error: 

>chkdsk *.* /f
The drive, the path, or the file name is not valid.

Is there a reason why this is not working? I am using Windows 7 Pro x64 and the filesystem is NTFS.

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What’s the file system of the path? Remember the filename parameter isn’t for NTFS so if you need to check the whole drive the command is [chkdsk C: /f]

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  • could you please let me know where you found this information? My guess is that chkdsk calls chkntfs automatically?
    – Forethinker
    Commented Mar 18, 2013 at 21:43
  • Chkntfs only modifies the autochk behaviour a boot-time, which in-turn watches chkdsk actions. From running chkdsk /? You can see that only “FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation” This is what I understand of it however.
    – Ben Lavender
    Commented Mar 18, 2013 at 21:51
  • This is a reasonable explanation: searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/tip/What-is-CHKNTFS
    – Ben Lavender
    Commented Mar 18, 2013 at 21:53

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