LO2: Operate Advanced Operating System Features

Table of Contents

1. LO2: Operate Advanced Operating System Features
2. PC Operating Systems
3. Upgrading an Operating System
4. Command Line Interface Functions and OS Utilities
5. Windows Utilities
   1. Disk Management
   2. CHKDSK
   3. Starting CHKDSK
   4. Disk Defragmentation
   5. Disk Defragmenter
   6. Activity on Disk Management
   7. NTBackup
   8. Utility UtilityQuizQuiz
6. Troubleshooting and Preventative Maintenance
7. Operating System Components
8. Fault Finding
9. Common Problems and Solutions
10. Summary

Starting CHKDSK

CHKDSK can be invoked by typing its name in the following places:

• Windows Shell
• Windows Command Prompt
• Windows Recovery Console

CHKDSK also has a number of switches that can be added to it to make it operate in different ways. A common switch is /R - which makes CHKDSK find bad sectors and recover any readable information from these. The /R is useful because it implies the /F switch as well, which means that CHKSDSK will also fix errors on the disk.

A previous version of CHKDSK found on earlier Windows systems was called Scandisk.

Next: Disk Defragmentation