
The command above will check your drive C: for errors. Type or copy-paste the following command: Repair-Volume -DriveLetter C.Tip: You can add "Open PowerShell As Administrator" context menu.

Modern PowerShell versions come with a special cmdlet to check your drive for errors. The output will be as follows: Check a Drive for Errors in Windows 10 with PowerShell You can learn about chkdsk command line arguments by running it with the /? switch as follows. Tip: See How to find chkdsk results in Windows 10.

It starts automatically when Windows is booting if your hard drive partition was marked dirty.

Check a Drive for Errors in Windows 10 using Control Panel Check a Drive for Errors in Windows 10 with ChkDskĬhkdsk is the built-in console tool in Windows to check and fix file system errors.
