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The thread discusses when Windows displays the "Scan and repair this drive" message, with the original poster asking for clarification. A respondent explains that this message can appear after significant changes to a volume, system restarts, or upon detection of corruption, and notes that manually setting the dirty bit can also trigger a check disk. Overall, the conversation centers on the conditions that prompt Windows to recommend drive scanning and repair.

WinFreak

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When exactly does Windows show "Scn and repair this drive?"
 

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That can happen for a number of reasons. If there is a lot of changes to a volume and the system was restarted. If corruption is detected. You can also manually set the dirty bit on a volume and it will trigger a chkdsk

Neemobeer

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That can happen for a number of reasons. If there is a lot of changes to a volume and the system was restarted. If corruption is detected. You can also manually set the dirty bit on a volume and it will trigger a chkdsk
 

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