Windows 7 Check Disk With Chkntfs Command

In Windows 7 when your computer is shutdown in an improper way, the next time you turn it on, the Windows checkdisk will start to check your disk(s) for errors. The chkntfs command lets you manage the dirty flag property for all the hard disks and other parameters for bootup checkdisk in Windows 7. You will need to run as Administrator to run chkntfs command.

Find if a disk drive is dirty : You can find if the dirty flag for a drive letter is turned on at the present time, by giving command chkntfs X:, where the X: is the drive letter you want to check for the dirty flag. 

Find the autocheck time countdown : You can find out the AUTOCHK timer countdown shown at Windows boot up when checking a disk for errors. The default time is 10 seconds. The command line switch is chkntfs /T

Set the autocheck timer countdown : You can change the AUTOCHK timer countdown shown at Windows boot up. The default time is 10 seconds. The command line is chkntfs /T:time where time is the time in seconds. 

Schedule a drive to be checked on next reboot : You can manually set a drive to be checked at the Windows boot up. The command line is chkntfs /C X: where X: is the drive letter of the drive you want to schedule to be checked. 

Restore all settings to default : You can restore all the settings to their default. The command line is chkntfs /D.