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What is the difference between chkdsk /f and chkdsk /r?
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Mar 15, 2026272150 viewsConfidence Score0%
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(from ) It just sounds like the same thing to me. I never know which one to use - is there even a difference? Or is it maybe for backwards compatibility with previous versions of Windows where there was a difference?
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/F Fixes errors on the disk.
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Fix for: What is the difference between chkdsk /f and chkdsk /r?
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does the same thing as only it also checks for bad sectors on the disk and recovers any readable information. Running implies that also is run. only checks for disk errors, not bad sectors. Microsoft has a detailed page for chkdsk. The following is …
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