Win 8.1 U1 has another improvement in!

[mikeymikec]

CHKDSK (the type that occurs on request during the Windows startup-sequence) now gets to 12% rather than 10 or 11.

MS, I'm impressed.

 

[ninaholic37]

haha I forgot about this program. Did they upgrade CHKDSK to 32-bit so it can run on 64-bit Windows, or does the startup sequence run in 16/32-bit?

 

[mikeymikec]

I doubt if Windows NT runs any 16-bit OS code (except for specific compatibility stuff), especially native NT binaries (I think for a program to run at that point in the startup routine, it has to be NT native, win32 won't work).

Win8's chkdsk has been broken in this respect since Win8 was originally released. I was amazed it got to 12%!

 

[RampantAndroid]

I doubt if Windows NT runs any 16-bit OS code (except for specific compatibility stuff), especially native NT binaries (I think for a program to run at that point in the startup routine, it has to be NT native, win32 won't work).

Win8's chkdsk has been broken in this respect since Win8 was originally released. I was amazed it got to 12%!

Really? I know I've seen it in the last year and watched it finish...

 

[Dahak]

WOO mine must be even better it gets to 100%

 

[mikeymikec]

Really? I know I've seen it in the last year and watched it finish...

I've watched it finish plenty of times on many different Win8 machines... at 10 or so percent

I'm talking about a full disk check btw, chkdsk /r (I normally run chkdsk /f /v /r, as there is conflicting official documentation regarding what the command switches do).

 

[Mem]

I've watched it finish plenty of times on many different Win8 machines... at 10 or so percent

I'm talking about a full disk check btw, chkdsk /r (I normally run chkdsk /f /v /r, as there is conflicting official documentation regarding what the command switches do).

I know what you mean, ie when it does it on reboot at startup,yes it stays at 10% or 12% for quite awhile but it does finish in the end so be patient.

Longest it has took me is about 2 hours and thats on a mechanical 1TB HD.


I personally never had any issues with it so don't see the issue.


Btw I use this more " Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth ", http://m.kapilarya.com/fix-do-inbox-corruption-repair-using-dism-in-windows-8

 

[PliotronX]

A really neat feature of chkdsk in Windows 8 is the ability to fix errata when a drive is online and in use with the /scan switch and you can boost its speed by using the /perf switch. Makes things a lot simpler not having to restart to scan and fix.

 

[mikeymikec]

A really neat feature of chkdsk in Windows 8 is the ability to fix errata when a drive is online and in use with the /scan switch and you can boost its speed by using the /perf switch. Makes things a lot simpler not having to restart to scan and fix.

Is it as thorough as a full disk check though? If so, why have chkdsk in Win8 at all?