Manually schedule a disk check at next restart

You can schedule a chkdsk at reboot time for a drive by using the Windows command line utility fsutil.

You do this by setting the “dirty” flag for a drive, which marks the drive for a chkdsk when you next reboot.

Usage:

fsutil dirty query <volume pathname>

e.g.

fsutil dirty set C:

You can check if a drive has been marked as dirty by using the query command:

fsutil dirty query <volume pathname>