donpick

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Thank you for your thoughts and ideas. I appreciate your help
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may i ask what you are planning for the future, now that you know all this?
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Computer: &nbsp;HP z440<br />
Operating system: &nbsp;Windows 7 Pro<br />
Question: &nbsp;I want to check all drives for bad blocks every week. &nbsp;I want to automatically run a utility each week. &nbsp;<br />
Q1.) &nbsp;Why would chkdsk be the best utility to use?<br />
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Q2.) If chkdsk is the best utility then what commands should I put into a batch file to run chkdsk ? &nbsp;I am not a batch file expert. &nbsp;Please include ALL the commands you would put into a batch file (like echo off or cd or whatever you think are best) &nbsp;Do not assume I know what to do. &nbsp;May be you could share a file you use.<br />
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Q3) &nbsp; &nbsp;What are the best chkdsk switches to use? &nbsp;/f and /v? &nbsp; or something else? <br />
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Q4.) What utility is better than chkdsk?
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Computer:  HP z440
Operating system:  Windows 7 Pro
Question:  I want to check all drives for bad blocks every week.  I want to automatically run a utility each week.  
Q1.)  Why would chkdsk be the best utility to use?

Q2.) If chkdsk is the best utility then what commands should I put into a batch file to run chkdsk ?  I am not a batch file expert.  Please include ALL the commands you would put into a batch file (like echo off or cd or whatever you think are best)  Do not assume I know what to do.  May be you could share a file you use.

Q3)    What are the best chkdsk switches to use?  /f and /v?   or something else? 

Q4.) What utility is better than chkdsk?

Want to run a utility to check for disk health every week on Windows 7 pro

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