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Error: "CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode" when trying to run it on E: drive.

Anonymous
2011-11-02T15:58:24+00:00

Original title:CHKDSK Won't Run on my Windows 7 Laptop

I'm trying to run a CHKDSK on my External Hard Drive E: but every time I try to do CHKDSK E: in the command processor, All I get is

"This type of file system is NTFS.

Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode."

(This is all I get, nothing inbetween)

I tried to do error checking from the Tools section but it doesn't run there either...

If its a problem with the OS, I don't have a Windows 7 Disk because my laptop came with it pre-installed

So what should I do?

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-09T17:45:06+00:00

    Hello Rayzorexe,

     Thank you for the reply back.  Are you able to boot your computer and get to the recovery options?  From there you can run 'Command Prompt' and I want to know if you are able to run Chkdsk successfully from there. 

    Are you getting the same response from the commands below:

    Enter "chkdsk e:" into the command prompt. Press "Enter" to run the Check Disk utility in read-only mode. This locates errors but does not fix themEnter "chkdsk e:/f" into the command prompt. Press "Enter" to run Check Disk and fix errors without scanning for bad sectors.

    Enter "chkdsk e:/r" into the command prompt, Press "Enter" to do a thorough scan of files and sectors and repair any problems found.

    Recovery Options:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-11-07T23:50:19+00:00

    It never ceases to amaze me how many people offer suggestions without understanding even what the real problem. Having multiple people propose answers without knowing what they're talking about doesn't help the user with the problem in the least. If you don't know, with a high degree of certainty, what the problem is and the appropriate solution, please don't post "answers."

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-11-29T15:34:28+00:00

    Hey Steve0319,

    To better help the community help you, create a new thread with the link below. Remember to include all the details you previously provided and all your system info from operating system, to make and model. Thanks for your understanding.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-06T09:44:10+00:00

    chkdsk /x  /f / r works great

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-07-29T23:50:59+00:00

    I was getting read-outs that scandisk can not continue, also reports that some files were in error and to run scandisk with the "F", fix such as scandisk /f.

    I went to "My Computer" on the desktop in order to run defrag, but when I started to do so, it said,"You do not need to degrag this disk:. So each time I skipped running degfrag. I tried everything possible to get scandisk to run to the end without errors and/or give 100% clean scans. Finally, after a long time, I did run scandisk anyway, and even though it said it was not necessary, I continued with defrag, and when I ran scandisk again, it went through to the end, 100% perfect. Try as I did...run Defrag regardless of what it says.  I'm using Windows XP. Good luck..

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