Running CHKDSK /R in windows 8.1

Thanks for your assistance. As it turned out, I had changed a setting on my PC, which was causing me all my problems. I contacted Microsoft Tech Support, and they were able to discover the problem, fix it, and give me instructions to prevent the problem from occurring in the future. So, how do I share that information with the community?

Log out to the sign in screen

Hold down the shift key on your keyboard while clicking the Power button on the screen.

Continue to hold down the shift key while clicking Restart.

Continue to hold down the shift key until the Advanced Recovery Options menu appears.

Click Advanced Options

Click Troubleshoot

Click Command Prompt

type the following then hit Enter:

C:> chkdsk /F /R /X C:

Try it in safe mode.

So go to start - settings - update and security - Recovery

Under advanced startup select Restart Now.

Then when it boots back up select troubleshoot and startup.

Then Safe mode.

Login and run the chkdsk to see if that works for you.

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my questions

Hi,

there in no any relation between chkdsk and firewall.

But what a need is to run chkdsk /r?

It is a system disk or another? How large is it? How long did you wait?