chkdsk command not recognized

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Allen

Using win 2000 sp4. When I open a command window and enter "chkdsk" I get
the following message:



C:\>chkdsk
'chkdsk' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>

A few commands such as copy, dir are recognized, but most are not
recognized. Windows seems to be working just fine.

Any suggestions as to what may be happening?

Big Al
 
Check your path. type PATH from the command prompt. You should get
something back like this:
PATH=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\system32\WBEM
If not, create an Autoexec.bat file on C:\ with NOTEPAD and include the
following line:
set path=%path%;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\system32\WBEM

This is not something you should have to do, but only a bandaid to hide
temporarily fix the real problem. But if the rest of the computer works
fine, it could be a satisfactory fix for you.


Bill DeShawn
(e-mail address removed)
http://pages.prodigy.net/bdeshawn/bdeshawn.htm
 
Bill,

You nailed it. When I installed the new Diskeeper 8, it wiped out the
original path statement and replaced it with a path pointing only to the
Diskeeper Directory.

AL
 
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