Monthly Maintenance
It is recommended that you perform the tasks examined in the following sections on a monthly basis.
Maintaining File System Integrity
CHKDSK scans for file system integrity and can check for lost clusters, cross-linked files, and more. If Windows Server 2012 senses a problem, it will run CHKDSK automatically at startup.
Administrators can maintain FAT, FAT32, NTFS, and ReFS file system integrity by running CHKDSK once a month. To run CHKDSK, follow these steps:
1. At the command prompt, change to the partition that you want to check.
2. Enter chkdsk without any parameters to check only for file system errors. No changes will be made.
3. If any errors are found, run the CHKDSK utility with the /f parameter to attempt to correct ...
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