The problem
I just entered
chkdsk d: /f /r
and the disk check started right away. I want it to run at the next restart for a number of reasons:
- I can pack up and go as needed
- It will run immediately after shipping
- Less chance for running processes to compound existing errors
- No competing disk activity (on any partition), HDD will not thrash
Right now, after I'm done writing this question, I face an hour or two of watching the screen, jiggling the mouse every five minutes when the ETA starts to climb, because some scheduled task is trying to start.
The wrong answer
fsutil dirty set d:
Unlike chkdsk when it tries to check a volume in use, this cannot set the type of check to be performed at restart.