what's the difference between cmd and chkdsk

GT60

HI
what's the difference between cmd scannow and chkdsk please
how do I post a screen shot of the results in windows 7


thank you

enfield_freddy

one is the old fashioned way via a "dos" screen , and one is a "graphical" script run via windows


do you know , you can also copy files or even format a disk using the CMD prompt ,


but most people like lovely little graphical displays

GunJack

it wasn't that long ago that all we had was command-line...

...or is that just me feeling my age :rotfl:

enfield_freddy

PS , I think the sniping tool is in win 7 , run it and grab a screenshot , then host it on photobucket etc

enfield_freddy

GunJack wrote: »

it wasn't that long ago that all we had was command-line...

...or is that just me feeling my age :rotfl:

feeling your age


from memory (long time ago) after fitting a 720 (3.5) floppy to an Amstrad PC1512 you had to trick it so that it formatted 720 instead of 360


CONFIG.SYS,
DRIVPARM=/D:1.

GT60

So they both are the same except one is old fashioned?
thanks

debitcardmayhem

Huh , surely you are asking what is the difference between
sfc /scannow and chkdsk , they are totally different

http://www.howtogeek.com/222532/how-to-repair-corrupted-windows-system-files-with-the-sfc-and-dism-commands/

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/guide-to-using-check-disk-in-windows-vista/

System

Yes totally different

SFC only checks Windows System files for corruption

Chkdsk checks the whole disk/volume for sector errors, invalid file handles, broken files, orphan files etc

In fact the one thing that chkdsk doesn't do is what SFC does do. SFC will replace corrupt files where possible

enfield_freddy

sorry I cocked up with my asnswer


SFC /SCANNOW is used to scan to see if you have any missing, corrupted, or modified Windows system files. If any are found, then SFC will attempt to repair them by replacing them with a clean copy from the component store if the component store is not corrupted as well. Usually you would only need to run a SFC scan if you suspect an issue caused by as issue with your system files in Windows.

Check Disk or chkdsk is used to see if a hard drive has any file system errors and bad sectors on it, and attempt to repair or isolate them if found. Usually it's a good idea to run chkdsk at least once a month, or as needed.

GunJack

either way, I'm still not an old fart yet :rotfl:

enfield_freddy

GunJack wrote: »

either way, I'm still not an old fart yet :rotfl:

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