What is chkdsk used for?



What is chkdsk used for?..

Answer / Sushil Kumar Roy

chkdsk (check disk) is a utility used by Windows operating systems to scan and repair file system errors on hard drives. It can check for bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files, and other types of file system corruption.

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