CheckDiskGUI

As the name implies, CheckDiskGUI represents a graphical interface for the CHKDSK command-line utility, displaying the file system integrity of the hard disk and repairing any logical errors it encounters.

The interface of the tool is made from a standard window with a well-organized layout. From the main application window you can select one or more drive letters to scan, after viewing their used and free space, type, label and DirtyBit status.

CheckDiskGUI can perform a read-only task to check the disk for errors, fix the logical errors, or fix the problems and also recover data from bad sectors.

The application shows log details in a message box; these focus on the time and date when the operation was initialized and ended, file system type, along with elapsed time. This information can be printed or saved to a plain text document (TXT format).

From the Options menu, you can reload the drives, rescan all clusters for errors and skip checking cycles within folder structures, as well as enable sounds and a less vigorous checkup on the index entries.

CheckDiskGUI runs on a low-to-moderate quantity of CPU and system memory, has a good response time and finishes a scan and fix job rapidly, depending on your hard drive. We have not encountered any issues throughout our evaluation; the app did not hang, crash or pop up error dialogs. Thanks to its intuitive layout and overall simplicity, CheckDiskGUI can be handled by all types of users.