Paolo78
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Any risk in losing anything by running both an internal and external disk check via this method?
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The forum discussion revolves around the safety of running internal and external disk checks using the chkdsk utility. While one user states that it is a standard and generally safe tool, another warns that there is a rare risk of data loss if errors are corrected during the process, emphasizing the importance of backing up data beforehand. Overall, the consensus highlights caution and the necessity of backing up data before performing disk checks.
The forum discussion revolves around the safety of running internal and external disk checks using the chkdsk utility. While one user states that it is a standard and generally safe tool, another warns that there is a rare risk of data loss if errors are corrected during the process, emphasizing the importance of backing up data beforehand. Overall, the consensus highlights caution and the necessity of backing up data before performing disk checks.
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Actually there is a risk, I've seen it myself. It is very rare for a Check Disk to lose data, but it can happen if it finds an error and decides to correct it, but in the process it prunes data to make the correction. I've seen single files and even entire folders get pruned out as part of fixing a broken file system. Like Pat said, always back up your data first!
