On Oct 4, 2:11 pm, "dobey" <a***@v.nox> wrote:
> <void.no.spam....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:1191507615.931528.249590@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
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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.

>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.
>