Chkntfs preceding command displays the status the and drives

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When defragmentation is complete, the summary report is displayed as follows:

Defrag D: /f /v

In the preceding code, the /v parameter is used to display a detailed analysis and defrag-mentation report. If you do not want to display the analysis and defragmentation report immediately, you can redirect the report to a text file, as shown in the following example:

Fsutil Dirty Query D:

One of the following results is displayed:

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Chkntfs [/d]

Chkntfs [/t[:Time]]

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The type of the file system is NTFS.

D: is not dirty.

The following command shows how to schedule automatic checking of the C: and D: drives on system startup:
Chkntfs /c C: D:

When the system starts, the C: and D: drives will be automatically checked to determine whether they are dirty.

Chapter 6

Managing Hard

■ Diskpart Commands

■ Scripting with Diskpart

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