Chkdsk /f

murdatapes

Hey, I know this probably in the wrong area, but I couldn't decide A+ forum or this.

But I wanted to know does chkdsk /f unmount a drive?

undomiel

You would need /x to force a dismount if necessary. /f will not dismount a volume on its own.

Mishra

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/chkdsk.htm

I was just chkdsking today...

undomiel

Good link Mishra, that one was actually fairly useful for me today, albeit just as confirmation of what I already know. One of these days someone will surely believe me when I say something ...

astorrs

Mishra wrote:

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/chkdsk.htm

I was just chkdsking today...

I did a chkdsk /r on a 1TB drive a few days ago, that was special. It took like 4.5 hours.

joey74055

I love chkdsk /f. It has saved me several hard drives over the years.

murdatapes

Ok. Well then, it brings to me to ask, why would someone need to dismount the drive? Example. I had a customer server that I ran chkdsk and it found errors on the drive, somebody told me to dismount the drive then run chkdsk /f. They actually said chkdsk /f will dismount it but I see thats not the case. My question is, why can't I just run chkdsk /f without the dismount?