So what does chkdsk do exactly? Good question. In this How To article, we will learn what chkdsk does and how to use it to overcome the issues above, as well as others not listed in the intro here. The chkdsk utility must be run from an administrator command prompt to perform its work. Windows provides a utility tool known as chkdsk that can correct most errors on a storage disk. The same holds true for Source and Target disks during Recovery operations.
What is the cause of such behavior? These symptoms are typical when corruption exists on the selected Backup Source disk, either in the filesystem itself, or what is known as a “bad sector” (physical damage) on the disk. (Possible disk corruption causing Sector by Sector backup to be created) You set out to create a backup image of your Windows Operating System disk. Imaging you’ve just purchased Acronis True Image.
