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From: Mike T Mike on 19 Feb 2010 10:22
When running CHKDSK I get a message stating that it will run in read only
mode because the F parameter is not specified. so how do I specify the F
parameter and what specification should I set in order to get out of read
only.

Being a bit of a novice am I playing with fire?
From: John John - MVP on 19 Feb 2010 10:38
Mike T wrote:
> When running CHKDSK I get a message stating that it will run in read only
> mode because the F parameter is not specified. so how do I specify the F
> parameter and what specification should I set in order to get out of read
> only.
>
> Being a bit of a novice am I playing with fire?


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265
How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP

John
From: Jose on 19 Feb 2010 11:03
On Feb 19, 10:22 am, Mike T <Mike T...(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> When running CHKDSK I get a message stating that it will run in read only
> mode because the F parameter is not specified.  so how do I specify the F
> parameter and what specification should I set in order to get out of read
> only.
>
> Being a bit of a novice am I playing with fire?

Hopefully, if you choose to run chkdsk the next time Windows reboots
(which is fine), you will also be interested in knowing what happened.

When chkdsk runs automatically on a reboot, the results are shown in
the Event Viewer Application log.

To see the Event Viewer logs, click Start, Settings, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, Event Viewer.

A shortcut to Event Viewer is to click Start, Run and in the box
enter:

%SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc

Click OK to launch the Event Viewer.

Look in the Application log for an event sourced by Winlogon,
something like:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Winlogon
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Description:
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.

39070048 KB total disk space.
25151976 KB in 78653 files.
48256 KB in 10264 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
237080 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
13632736 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
9767512 total allocation units on disk.
3408184 allocation units available on disk.

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
From: Twayne on 19 Feb 2010 11:42
In news:CD67678F-7018-4200-BF7E-1B772784750F(a)microsoft.com,
Mike T <Mike T(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> When running CHKDSK I get a message stating that it will run in read
> only mode because the F parameter is not specified. so how do I
> specify the F parameter and what specification should I set in order
> to get out of read only.
>
> Being a bit of a novice am I playing with fire?

After the chkdsk, simply add a space and slash-F e.g.
chkcsk /f
The /f tells it to fix problems it finds.

If you go to a command promtpt and enter
chkdsk /?
it'll show you all the switches available for the command.

If you want to start chkdsk from the Run line, simply enter
chkdsk /F
and click Run. No need to add the path; it's already in the default path.

If you try to run chkdsk on the boot disk C:, it'll tell you it can't and
ask if you want to do it on the next boot. Clidk YES and Restart the
computer. Chkdsk will run when it boots up, before windows gets loaded.

HTH,

Twayne





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through personal experience does not become a
part of the moral tissue.

From: VanguardLH on 19 Feb 2010 12:00
Mike T wrote:

> When running CHKDSK I get a message stating that it will run in read only
> mode because the F parameter is not specified. so how do I specify the F
> parameter and what specification should I set in order to get out of read
> only.
>
> Being a bit of a novice am I playing with fire?

Ever use the Start -> Help and Support menu in Windows?
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