chkdsk - Access denied?

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Stan Brown

As limited user, and get "Access denied" when I run chkdsk from the
command line. (I get the equivalent message when I run it from
Explorer > Properties > Tools > Error-checking.) As administrator, I
can run chkdsk just fine.

I had a nasty Windows crash on Sunday, and restored my disk with the
known good backup from Friday; I noticed this problem after the
backup. The partitions involved are FAT32, not NTFS.

1. Is CHKDSK, like MSCONFIG, an administrator-only tool? I could
swear I used to be able to run CHKDSK as a limited user, but maybe
I'm remembering wrong.

2. If CHKDSK is an admin-only tool, is there some policy setting to
all limited users to run it, or do I need to use the RunAs command?
 
Hello

1.) Yes CHKDSK is an Administrator only tool, to run CHKDSK on a fixed disk
you must be part of the Administrators group.

2.) I only know of the Run-As my friend.
 
Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:51:04 -0800 from AU
1.) Yes CHKDSK is an Administrator only tool, to run CHKDSK on a fixed disk
you must be part of the Administrators group.
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Creepy! I could have sworn I ran it as limited user before, but at
least I know now that there isn't something weird going on after my
crash and restore. Thanks!
2.) I only know of the Run-As my friend.
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Thanks anyway -- now I know I didn't miss anything when scanning the
policy editor.
 
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