Original author(s) | Tim Paterson |
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Developer(s) | SCP, Microsoft, IBM, DR, Datalight, Novell, Toshiba, PhysTechSoft, ReactOS Contributors |
Initial release | 1980 |
Written in | MS-DOS: x86 assembly language FreeDOS, ReactOS: C |
Operating system | 86-DOS, MS-DOS, PC DOS, MSX-DOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, FlexOS, DR-DOS, ROM-DOS, 4690 OS, PTS-DOS, Windows, FreeDOS, ReactOS |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
License | MS-DOS: MIT FreeDOS, ReactOS: GPLv2 |
Website | learn |
In computing, CHKDSK
(short for "check disk") is a system tool and command in DOS, Digital Research FlexOS,[1] IBM/Toshiba 4690 OS,[2] IBM OS/2,[3] Microsoft Windows and related operating systems. It verifies the file system integrity of a volume and attempts to fix logical file system errors. It is similar to the fsck
command in Unix and similar to Microsoft ScanDisk, which co-existed with CHKDSK
in Windows 9x and MS-DOS 6.x.