Windows 7 has a disk checking toll known as CHKDSK CheckDisk!
Which was similar to the Scandisk in earlier versions of Windows.
In Windows 7 you can use CHKDSK in two ways:
First open Computer and right click on the drive which you desire to scan.
Click on Properties
![[Image: i0vFM.png]](http://i.imgur.com/i0vFM.png)
Now you will see a window like this
![[Image: chjvy.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/chjvy.jpg)
Now navigate to Tools tab
![[Image: AeCvh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/AeCvh.jpg)
In tools tab you can see Error-checking option in which you can scan the disk!
![[Image: JeIxW.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/JeIxW.jpg)
Now click on Check Now
![[Image: 7D4eN.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/7D4eN.jpg)
A new box named as Check Disk Local Disk(C
// here C: is disk letter
now click on Start
![[Image: 88mJ5.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/88mJ5.jpg)
If you try to scan a running disk it will show an error as
![[Image: 1b3r1.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/1b3r1.jpg)
If you try to scan non running disk it will scan
![[Image: qreZg.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/qreZg.jpg)
and show the results as
Which was similar to the Scandisk in earlier versions of Windows.
In Windows 7 you can use CHKDSK in two ways:
- By CMD
- By TOOLs
First open Computer and right click on the drive which you desire to scan.
Click on Properties
![[Image: i0vFM.png]](http://i.imgur.com/i0vFM.png)
Now you will see a window like this
![[Image: chjvy.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/chjvy.jpg)
Now navigate to Tools tab
![[Image: AeCvh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/AeCvh.jpg)
In tools tab you can see Error-checking option in which you can scan the disk!
![[Image: JeIxW.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/JeIxW.jpg)
Now click on Check Now
![[Image: 7D4eN.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/7D4eN.jpg)
A new box named as Check Disk Local Disk(C
![Smile Smile](https://www.vidyarthiplus.com/vp/images/smilies/smile.gif)
now click on Start
![[Image: 88mJ5.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/88mJ5.jpg)
If you try to scan a running disk it will show an error as
![[Image: 1b3r1.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/1b3r1.jpg)
If you try to scan non running disk it will scan
![[Image: qreZg.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/qreZg.jpg)
and show the results as
![[Image: fkaXv.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/fkaXv.jpg)