The command-line chkdsk tool has been around for many years. It’s even been incorporated into the Windows GUI–open Windows Explorer, right-click a drive letter, click Properties, select the Tools tab, and look under Error-checking.
There are still times however, when IT pros may need to run chkdsk from the command line. So, I’ve put together this short quiz to test your knowledge of the Windows chkdsk command. I’m using Windows 7 as the basis for this quiz.
Note: Unfortunately, our poll tool, which I use to create each pop quiz, doesn’t let me indicate a correct answer after each question. To keep from giving away the answers before everyone has a chance to test his/her knowledge, and ruining all the fun, I’ve published the answers on the second page of this blog post. I encourage everyone to answer all the questions before looking at the second page or using your favorite search engine to find the answers.
When run without any parameter, chkdsk will do which of the following?
Which of the following chkdsk stages verifies files?
Which of the following chkdsk stages verifies security descriptors and the Usn Journal?
Which of the following chkdsk switches would you use to fix any errors discovered on the disk?
Which of the following chkdsk switches would you use to run chkdsk in verbose mode?
Which of the following chkdsk switches will force a check of a drive even if it is being used by another process?
True or false: You can force a check of the boot partition using the appropriate chkdsk switch?
Which of the following chkdsk switches would you use to locate bad sectors and attempt to recover any readable data?
Which of the following chkdsk switches would you use to locate and mark bad clusters?
Which of the following chkdsk switches can reduce the time required to run chkdsk by skipping some checks?
Answers are on the next page.
