Chkdsk runs twice?

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If I tell Windows to do a chkdsk on my C drive and D drive on restart,
and then I restart my computer, it will chkdsk the D drive and then
chkdsk the C drive, and then it will restart again and then chkdsk the
D drive again before finally loading up Windows. Is it normal for it
to chkdsk the D drive twice? Is it safe to tell it to skip the second
chkdsk of the D drive?
 
Re: Chkdsk runs twice?


<void.no.spam.com@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> If I tell Windows to do a chkdsk on my C drive and D drive on restart,
> and then I restart my computer, it will chkdsk the D drive and then
> chkdsk the C drive, and then it will restart again and then chkdsk the
> D drive again before finally loading up Windows. Is it normal for it
> to chkdsk the D drive twice? Is it safe to tell it to skip the second
> chkdsk of the D drive?
>

Not generally normal, unless there is some message associated with the
second disk check.

If you cancel the second check it will just ask you again the next time you
boot.

There is generally no reason you can't check non system disks in windows, if
you are doing /f or /r switch you won't be able to use the drive, but it can
be a time saver.

Also there is no reason to run chkdsk /f, you can just run chkdsk and if
there are errors reported, fix them but otherwise there is no gain by
running chkdsk /f for no reason.
 
Re: Chkdsk runs twice?

On Oct 4, 2:11 pm, "dobey" <a...@v.nox> wrote:
> <void.no.spam....@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1191507615.931528.249590@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > If I tell Windows to do a chkdsk on my C drive and D drive on restart,
> > and then I restart my computer, it will chkdsk the D drive and then
> > chkdsk the C drive, and then it will restart again and then chkdsk the
> > D drive again before finally loading up Windows. Is it normal for it
> > to chkdsk the D drive twice? Is it safe to tell it to skip the second
> > chkdsk of the D drive?
>
> Not generally normal, unless there is some message associated with the
> second disk check.
>
> If you cancel the second check it will just ask you again the next time you
> boot.

I'll see if that happens when I reboot next time then.

>
> There is generally no reason you can't check non system disks in windows, if
> you are doing /f or /r switch you won't be able to use the drive, but it can
> be a time saver.
>
> Also there is no reason to run chkdsk /f, you can just run chkdsk and if
> there are errors reported, fix them but otherwise there is no gain by
> running chkdsk /f for no reason.

Is it quicker to run "chkdsk" instead of "chkdsk /f"? Otherwise I'd
just run "chkdsk /f" because sometimes the chkdsk output disappears so
fast that I don't see what it says.
 
Re: Chkdsk runs twice?


>snip<
>
> >
> > There is generally no reason you can't check non system disks in
windows, if
> > you are doing /f or /r switch you won't be able to use the drive, but it
can
> > be a time saver.
> >
> > Also there is no reason to run chkdsk /f, you can just run chkdsk and if
> > there are errors reported, fix them but otherwise there is no gain by
> > running chkdsk /f for no reason.
>
> Is it quicker to run "chkdsk" instead of "chkdsk /f"? Otherwise I'd
> just run "chkdsk /f" because sometimes the chkdsk output disappears so
> fast that I don't see what it says.
>


chkdsk (no switches) is audit only

if you have problems which need to be fixed you'll have to run chkdsk /f or
chkdsk /r
 
Re: Chkdsk runs twice?

On Oct 4, 5:13 pm, "void.no.spam....@gmail.com"
<void.no.spam....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 4, 2:11 pm, "dobey" <a...@v.nox> wrote:

> > If you cancel the second check it will just ask you again the next time you
> > boot.
>
> I'll see if that happens when I reboot next time then.

I restarted and it did not ask me again.
 
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