Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.

CHKNTFS volume [...]
CHKNTFS /D
CHKNTFS /T[:time]
CHKNTFS /X volume [...]
CHKNTFS /C volume [...]

volume      Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name.
/D             Restores the machine to the default behavior; all drives are checked at boot time and chkdsk is run on those that are dirty.
/T:time      Changes the AUTOCHK initiation countdown time to the specified amount of time in seconds. If time is not specified, displays the current setting.
/X             Excludes a drive from the default boot-time check. Excluded drives are not accumulated between command invocations.
/C             Schedules a drive to be checked at boot time; chkdsk will run if the drive is dirty.

If no switches are specified, CHKNTFS will display if the specified drive is
dirty or scheduled to be checked on next reboot.

Examples

 

Associated Commands

CHKDSK

 

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