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How can I cancel CHKDSK in Windows 7?
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How can I cancel CHKDSK in progress in Windows 7, without rebooting the computer or terminating the process against its will? EDIT 2: Why? It was going to take an hour, and was already in the free space section of my drive, and the drive was dismounted (/R option), and I needed access to the drive …
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There is no safe way to terminate a chkdsk in progress. Even if you do, it will run at the next reboot since it sets the dirty bit when you run the command. There is no good reason to cancel chkdsk this way, unless the PC is locked up during a chkds…
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