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Beware Running CHKDSK on Windows 10

December 22, 2020

According to a post on Bleeping Computer, Microsoft has acknowledged a problem when you run the chkdsk /f command on some Windows 10 systems. After running the command, some machines fail to properly boot. That's definitely a problem. The issue has been resolved and is being pushed out. Microsoft has a workaround if you have a machine that won't boot following running chkdsk /f and the fix is not installed. This is the procedure to follow:

  1. The device should automatically start up into the Recovery Console after failing to start up a few times.
  2. Select Advanced options.
  3. Select Command Prompt from the list of actions.
  4. Once Command Prompt opens, type: chkdsk /f
  5. Allow chkdsk to complete the scan, this can take a little while. Once it has completed, type: exit
  6. The device should now start up as expected. If it restarts into Recovery Console, select Exit and continue to Windows 10.

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