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[rkinsey]

You can schedule chkdsk on win7/64bit in a normal windows environment by right clicking on the drive in question going to properties, once in properties select the tools tab then click on the check now tab in the check error box (the top one) check both options boxes then press start. A message will appear asking you to schedule for next startup which you do & your done.

Chkdsk will take a while to complete its task & should reboot the system automatically when its done. If not it will prompt you ro reboot the system manually.

Hi Patch,

you can run CHKDSK in Windows Safe or normal mode but this will only do a minimal disk and environment check. It wont repair any problems it encounters but it will report if it does find any problems.

When running diagnostics on any HDD no matter what OS, you should run it with the drive "not mounted" meaning an operating system hasnt been started from it.

You can only run CHKDSK /R in a "DOS" environment before the OS has loaded. Win 32 or 64 bit.

Cheers,

Rob

[patch697]

Hi Patch,

you can run CHKDSK in Windows Safe or normal mode but this will only do a minimal disk and environment check. It wont repair any problems it encounters but it will report if it does find any problems.

When running diagnostics on any HDD no matter what OS, you should run it with the drive "not mounted" meaning an operating system hasnt been started from it.

You can only run CHKDSK /R in a "DOS" environment before the OS has loaded. Win 32 or 64 bit.

Cheers,

Rob

Yep agreed & the method I mentioned gives you the option to schedule a boot time scan same as running chkdsk /R & /F from cmd.

[NissanGQ4.2]

I hear ya brother.. and I'm an IT Administrator!!!! hahahaha

Find it in Event Viewer. Open the Start Menu and "Right" click on "Computer" and choose "Manage" from the menu.

Need an off sider???? I need a new job! Have no qualifications, but I am a hard worker *L*

Thanks mate, will have a look..........still locking up after running the chkdsk have a feeling its not the o/s freezing but more a touchpad / driver issue.

[rkinsey]

Need an off sider???? I need a new job! Have no qualifications, but I am a hard worker *L*

Thanks mate, will have a look..........still locking up after running the chkdsk have a feeling its not the o/s freezing but more a touchpad / driver issue.

If thats the case and you have a USB mouse connected, You should be able to set the touchpad to automatically disable itself when a USB mouse is connected to the computer.

[rkinsey]

Yep agreed & the method I mentioned gives you the option to schedule a boot time scan same as running chkdsk /R & /F from cmd.

I'm still an old fassioned type. I prefer using the command line I suppose.

Cheers,

Rob

[NissanGQ4.2]

If thats the case and you have a USB mouse connected, You should be able to set the touchpad to automatically disable itself when a USB mouse is connected to the computer.

No usb mouse, always use the touchpad

[NissanGQ4.2]

Errr........how do I uninstall a program I downloaded today but doesn't work?

XP: I think its. Control Panel then add / remove programs
Win 7: Control panel then program and features

[rkinsey]

No usb mouse, always use the touchpad

When it "locks up", if you press the "Windows" key on the keyboard, does the Start Menu pop up?

or is the computer just "Frozen"?

[NissanGQ4.2]

When it "locks up", if you press the "Windows" key on the keyboard, does the Start Menu pop up?

or is the computer just "Frozen"?

Pretty sure its frozen,I always just reboot, will test it out when it happens next.

Sometimes when I reboot it after it locks up it says it can't find the o/s sytem, but then I reboot again and its fine.

The other thing I have noticed is I use fingerprint scan for login, and sometimes that doesn't come up and I have 2 use password instead.

I just put it down 2 microsoft windows and bad programming *LMAO*

[NissanGQ4.2]

When it "locks up", if you press the "Windows" key on the keyboard, does the Start Menu pop up?

or is the computer just "Frozen"?

Windows key does nothing at all.