What Are the CHKDSK Options for HPFS?
The CHKDSK options are: CHKDSK Options d: Drive letter /V Verbose – list all filenames on the drive. /C Recover files only if the file system is in an inconsistent state. /F:n Specifies level of file recovery to perform (see below). The most important CHKDSK option is the /F:n parameter: CHKDSK /F:n Levels Level Effect 0 CHKDSK analyzes the file system and displays information but does not perform any repairs. 1 CHKDSK will resolve any inconsistent file system structures. 2 As for level 1, but CHKDSK will also scan disk space that is in use but not referred to by the filesystem, and if recognisable file or directory structures are found, recover them. 3 As for level 2, but CHKDSK will also scan the entire logical drive for recongisable file system structures and attempt to recover them. Warning! If you use CHKDSK /F:3 after formatting a drive using FORMAT /Q (the default), CHKDSK will attempt to recover files which existed prior to the reformat. Generally speaking, you should never use
