CheckDisk

CheckDisk is a lightweight application that offers a graphical interface for chkdsk.exe, hence allowing users to scan a hard drive partition as many times as it’s necessary until the system reports that all problems were fixed.

The user interface is plain and provides quick access to all its main options. CheckDisk allows users to select the partition they want to be scanned, as well as the scanning mode: scan only, scan and fix, as well as rescan. The last method proves to be pretty useful, as it is able to scan the partition until chkdsk.exe reports no errors.

All partitions are scanned one at a time, and it is possible to scan up to five partitions consecutively. Moreover, you can make the program automatically scan the selected items at the next Windows startup, shut down the computer at the end of the task, as well as enable the debugging mode.

CheckDisk keeps a log, which contains information about the process and possible errors. The log file can be saved manually or automatically to plain text. It also manages to remain light on the system resources, so it doesn’t affect the overall performance of the computer.

All things considered, CheckDisk offers a straightforward GUI for the chkdsk.exe. This tool can help you get rid of the annoying task of manually running chkdsk.exe several times until there aren’t any file system errors left. Thanks to its overall simplicity, it can be mastered by beginners and experts alike, and no errors showed up during our testing.