

First, close all windows displaying the drive you want to check, and exit any programs that might be accessing the drive.The following step-by-step guide shows you exactly how to control the tool via the command line.

You do not have the PowerShell option in older versions of the operating system such as Windows 7 or Windows 8. In Windows 10, you can type in the chkdsk commands using either Command Prompt or the new PowerShell.

If you run chkdsk from the command line, you have many more scanning options than if you use the File Explorer.
