What's the Difference Between CHKDSK /F and CHKDSK /R?

❓ CHKDSK is a powerful utility built in to Windows used to diagnose and repair disks. the /F and /R options represent two different types of repairs.

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[cahoonm]

What a great teacher. No fluff, just what we need to know. Thank you!

[charlyeparker]

Wow. Finally. A real teacher. He breaks down the most frustrating computer "stuff" into baby steps that walk you right up to the solution. Uses uncomplicated analogies to draw the picture and plant it in your head. Best thing he does though: made me realize I'm not really an idiot that's too stupid to learn.

[yaantsudnbesdai]

Leo, your intonation is impeccable. You talk intelligibly...and not too fast or too slow.
Your voice is not annoying to listen to.
You're not boring. You don't mumble or spit when you talk. You're really good at it. You should do it more often.

[nareshgolla]

WOW... You are the real teacher... You explained in such a way that a layman who doesn't know what a computer is or have never used a computer can understand.. Thank you!

[spencenugget]

This is such a great analogy. I really appreciate you making this video so much! Thank you!

[BrawnyBuddha]

Currently running /f /r /x on my 2tb machine.

I can see it now. I'm laying on my death bed, my grandkids cuddled next to me as I boot my computer for the first time in 74 years.

[barryallen]

/F is a standard scan and fix. /R is for recovery recovers damaged files

[McFly]

Thanks for speaking to me like a child as I really had no idea what to do but now do so again thank you

[bobdenson]

Appreciate your wideos tho. It was a smart ass tone I used but I watch these videos to get better at adulting on computers and your video stands true regardless of windows being the worst at the responsibilities to their customers.

[sunnyyoda]

Excellent ANALOGY I finally understand

[soporteproser]

Crear explanation. Thaks for taking the time to make this video. 🙂👌

[danbromberg]

How does 'sfc /scannow' fit into this discussion? Well explained, as usual!

[m.t.s.]

Another educational video. Excellent analogy! One question: Is it also worthwhile to run chkdsk on solid state drives from time to time? (Are SSDs susceptible to the same indexing problems and/or bad "clusters" as disk drives?)

[motech]

best video i have ever seen and to the point

[balotibaya]

Amazing thank you for such brief and concise content. I have a question though, after running the /f and /r and it says there was a sector or section that is not wrietable and after restart it was not able to fix it. What’s next?

[nursyahirahwaheeda]

Thanks. Good explanation. I thought I am ruining my pc by running the chkdsk /f/r.

[galaxycrown]

your video helped me past the "Red Error in Macrium Reflect" during Cloning, it said to "Chkdsk C: /R", took about 4 - 5 hours to Repair for 1 TB 3.5" HD, then after it Rebooted & came back up, went into Macrium & Clone ran smoothly

[gladysdupuy]

I have an important folder on my external hard drive, that says File Directory Corrupted or Unreadable, I took a "Pot Shot" and ran chkdsk f it says File Record segment 4840-4843 is unreadable and so I can not get in to ANYthing in that folder.
ANY Suggestions. While I'm pondering to run chkdsk r, I'm just afraid of doing any further damage to remaining files I can access.
VERY Desperate as the file I can not get into is my "Expense" File with all my receipts & downloads

[lucas-]

Thank you, now i can repair my laptop whit all segurity. Im from Spain

[akramsammy]

hello Leo
i need to ask you somethimg about (chkdsk /r or /f)
when i do (chkdsk /r or /f) after restart yes but when i see this message says "to skiyp disk cheeking press any key"
IT DOSE CANCEL ITSELF without doing cheeking every time i restart windows7 Although I didn't even cancel the command
without even my interfering
thank you