Command: dosfsck
DOSFSCK checks and repairs DOS filesystems.
Syntax:
dosfsck [-aAflrtvVwy][-d path -d ...][-u path -u ...] device
Options:
-a Automatically repair the file system.
-A Toggle Atari file system format.
-d path Drop that file.
-f Salvage unused chains to files.
-l List path names.
-n No-op, check non-interactively without changing.
-r Interactively repair the file system.
-t Test for bad clusters.
-u path Try to undelete that (non-directory) file.
-v Verbose mode.
-V Perform a verification pass.
-w Write changes to disk immediately.
-y Same as -a, for compatibility with other *fsck.
--help Shows the help.
-h Shows the help.
Comments:
Use DOSFSCK if you have problems with files / partitions.
DOSFSCK supports DOSLFN (long filename support), FAT16
AND FAT32, whereas CHKDSK does NOT support FAT32.
Examples:
dosfsck -av c:
See also:
attrib
bootfix
chkdsk
defrag
doslfn
(scandisk)
Copyright © 2011 W. Spiegl, updated 2022.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
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