Hello all,

Is it at all possible to run chkdsk over a LAN? The PC that needs it run has had its CD-ROM drive ruined by lovely schoolkids and I was wondering (to make my life much easier) whether you could run chkdsk over the LAN?

Cheers in advance

Jon

Hello all,

Is it at all possible to run chkdsk over a LAN? The PC that needs it run has had its CD-ROM drive ruined by lovely schoolkids and I was wondering (to make my life much easier) whether you could run chkdsk over the LAN?

Cheers in advance

Jon

I don't think it will work, actually never tried.

But why not making a Recovery Console on USB stick?

JFYY:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=2254

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8785

Easiest would be following this advice:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=8785&st=6

jaclaz

I suppose you can't or don't want to boot from HD so that you boot an external media to run it. You may have the USB option. Not sure if it is possible through network but as long as you could boot a PXE image I imagine you'll may be able, as if you were booting from a media.

Its not a problem to go and get a USB CD-Rom drive and run chkdsk that way, I was just hoping that I could use the LAN. Never mind ay, maybe the lovely(!) people at Microsoft or somewhere will someday help us out!

Thanks for your replies!

Its not a problem to go and get a USB CD-Rom drive and run chkdsk that way, I was just hoping that I could use the LAN. Never mind ay, maybe the lovely(!) people at Microsoft or somewhere will someday help us out!

Thanks for your replies!

Actually I suggested a USB stick, or flash drive or pen drive, you can use an old 32 or 64 Mb one, if you can still find one, or buy a 512 Mb or 1 Gb one for a few bucks.

The PXE way is absolutely valid , though setting up a PXE/TFTP server and troubleshooting it may prove to be a looong path to take.

jaclaz