Which of these command lines would check a disk for bad sectors and attempt to recover readable information?
A) chkdsk /f
B) chkdsk /r
C) chkdsk /d
D) chkdsk /recover
E) Maybe it’s time for that SSD upgrade
The answer: B) chkdsk /r
The chkdsk command checks the disk for logical errors, but it won’t correct any of those errors unless you use the /f option. If you want to validate the entire disk, using the /r option will perform a sector-by-sector examination of the drive and attempt to recover information if a bad sector is found.
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