'chkdsk /f' will only perform a quick file system integrity scan. A 'chkdsk ' does not scan the entire hard drive. Now before you scold me for running Chkdsk, please understand how chkdsk works. (Doesn't matter if the computer is Personal, Business, or Friend's) I must have run this command on at least a thousand different computers over the past 2 years, and they all have the same issue, every time.

Every computer will freeze at the exact same point, not just a few. I just find it extremely odd that the computer freezes during bootup at 100% scan completion, every time. I can definitely see the scan is working. 'Chkdsk ' can help a computer to run efficiently and keep it stable. It will sometimes make corrections to the file system, delete unused registry entries, and other maintenance items that Microsoft sees fit. I need to manually hold the power button for 10 seconds to perform a hard shutdown of the computer, after the scan reaches 100%.Īfter booting into Windows, I can see in the Event Log that the scan did complete successfully. For the past 2 years, this command will ALWAYS freeze any computer at 100%. This command will always take about 30 seconds to scan for File System Integrity, upon system reboot. As part of my routine maintenance, I run the following command from a CMD Prompt, (or powershell prompt) to check for File System Integrity.

Running chkdsk on windows 10