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Include chkdsk.exe as part of bootable WinPE

If a hard drive's boot sector is damaged, the partition utility might be able to "see" a partition but still be unable to access it. Most partition utilities that include a "make bootable disc" feature do not include basic DOS-level disk management programs such as chkdsk.exe. I recently spent weeks being able to "see" the partitions and files on a non-bootable hard drive, but it wasn't until I did an old fashioned "chkdsk /f" that I was able to mark the bad sectors and move the data so that the partition utility could do its thing. You could do this with the Console in Windows XP, but not with Windows 7, at least that's how it was in my case. Fortunately, by using chkdsk I was able to get the PC to boot and all the files and programs were still there. I don't know how often this particular problem occurs, but it saved my laptop from becoming just another doorstop.

Greg Coben , 29.11.2015, 04:01
Idea status: under consideration

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