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From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" 
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Subject: Re: I never see the CHKDSK results
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 03:40:58 +0000
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In message , 
gfretwell@aol.com writes:
>On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:26:31 -0600, james@nospam.com wrote:
>
>>CHKDSK seems to run in a DOS prompt, and as soon as it finishes, it
>>closes that dos window and I never see the results of the check. Whoever
>>designed this is an idiot. The old Win9x Scandisk worked 100% better.
>>
>
>Did you open the command prompt from the start/program/accessories
>tab. I just did it and the screen stayed open giving me the regular
>report when it was done. If you do it from the run bar it will close
>when it stops

In other words, if you're doing Start | Run, then typing the command 
there, it will do as you describe; if you're starting a command prompt 
(Start | Run | [type] cmd, or Start | Programs | Accessories | Command 
Prompt), and typing the command there, it will remain open when it 
finishes.

Though as Paul says, it probably won't do what you expect if it's C: 
you're scanning anyway (but at least you'll see what it says).

You might also like: from Windows Explorer (or I think My Computer), 
right-click on the drive, choose Properties | Tools; there's a disc 
checker there.
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