How to run Chkdsk

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I recently repaired some sectors on my laptop hard drive
and would like to regularly monitor it to check if there
is an impending total failure on the horizon. Can someone
please explain in simple terms how I run Chkdsk or Scandsk?
I did a search for 'chkdsk', opened it, and the process
ran on my next reboot. However, the report flashed and
then disappeared before I had a chance to read it.
 
AJK said:
I recently repaired some sectors on my laptop hard drive
and would like to regularly monitor it to check if there
is an impending total failure on the horizon. Can someone
please explain in simple terms how I run Chkdsk or Scandsk?
I did a search for 'chkdsk', opened it, and the process
ran on my next reboot. However, the report flashed and
then disappeared before I had a chance to read it.
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Chkdsk reports are stored in your Event Logger (evtvwr.exe).
 
Thanks, I found it. Can you give me an idea as
to what I should focus on here in order to determine
the health of my hard drive?

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Winlogon
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 14/07/2004

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Local Disk.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.
Cleaning up 7 unused index entries from index $SII of file
0x9.
Cleaning up 7 unused index entries from index $SDH of file
0x9.
Cleaning up 7 unused security descriptors.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
Free space verification is complete.

19535008 KB total disk space.
8182540 KB in 43118 files.
15572 KB in 2340 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
136608 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
11200288 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
4883752 total allocation units on disk.
2800072 allocation units available on disk.

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
 
The main task of chkdsk is to check the health of your
file system. This is what the messages below refer to.
If you want to check the disk's physical health then you
should download and run the free diagnostic program
that your disk manufacturer makes available on his home
site.
 
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