chkdsk Alternatives

chkdsk is described as 'A command line tool to check for errors on and repair ntfs filesystems' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to chkdsk for Windows, Linux and BartPE. The best chkdsk alternative is HD Tune, which is free. Other great apps like chkdsk are Macrorit Disk Scanner, CheckDisk, Chkdsk-GUI and e2fsprogs.

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A command line tool to check for errors on and repair ntfs filesystems.

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chkdsk alternatives page was last updated Feb 8, 2024
  1. HD Tune icon
     140 likes

    HD Tune is a hard disk / SSD utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S.M.A.R.T.), securely erase all data and more!.

    54 HD Tune alternatives
    HD Tune screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HD Tune Features

    1.  Linear read benchmark per drive offset
    2.  Read latency benchmark per drive offset
    3.  Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  Quick/slow surface scan
    6.  Temperature Monitoring
    HD Tune iconchkdsk Icon

    HD Tune VS chkdsk

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    Guest

    HD Tune checks for unreadable clusters but doesn't do file integrity checks for crosslinked clusters, index entry problems, etc.

    Negative commentDec 16, 2015
    3
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    • HD Tune is the most popular Windows alternative to chkdsk.

    • HD Tune is the most popular free alternative to chkdsk.

    • HD Tune is Freemium and Proprietarychkdsk is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Macrorit Disk Scanner icon
     10 likes

    Macrorit Disk Scanner is a third party disk surface portable tool for scan disk bad sectors which provides you with better options and better performance than Windows native disk scanner.

    47 Macrorit Disk Scanner alternatives
    Macrorit Disk Scanner screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Macrorit Disk Scanner Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Disk Maintenance
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    Macrorit Disk Scanner iconchkdsk Icon

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  3. CheckDisk icon
     5 likes

    CheckDisk is a powerful tool for searching and repairing disk errors. It is quite similar to the ScanDisk tool or chkdsk.exe, supplied with the Windows operating systems (Windows 2000 and higher. Possible with Vista and admin right). You can select either standard or full tests.

    5 CheckDisk alternatives
    CheckDisk screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    3.  Recover Corrupted Files
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Multiple languages
    CheckDisk iconchkdsk Icon

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    kdam71

    Nice program. Pro: Supports ExFAT Con: Does not support command-line arguments

    Positive commentFeb 8, 2024
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    CheckDisk icon
    • CheckDisk is Free and Proprietarychkdsk is Paid and Proprietary
    • CheckDisk is Lightweightchkdsk is not according to our users
  4. Chkdsk-GUI icon
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    A GUI front end to Microsoft's command line Check Disk program. The GUI passes the settings selected within the GUI and then launches the command line disk checker in the normal way, using the correct switches. Chkdsk-GUI is a PE Builder v3 plugin.

    5 Chkdsk-GUI alternatives
    Chkdsk-GUI screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • BartPE

    Chkdsk-GUI Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Graphical User Interface
    Chkdsk-GUI iconchkdsk Icon

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    • Chkdsk-GUI is the most popular Open Source alternative to chkdsk.

    • Chkdsk-GUI is Free and Open Sourcechkdsk is Paid and Proprietary
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    This is the new version (1.46.4) of the second extended file system management programs.

    1 e2fsprogs alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    chkdsk Icon

    e2fsprogs VS chkdsk

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    • e2fsprogs is the most popular Linux alternative to chkdsk.

    • e2fsprogs is Free and Open Sourcechkdsk is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Microsoft ScanDisk icon
     2 likes

    ScanDisk is a utility in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows systems which checks and repairs file systems and bad clusters on the hard drive. It was introduced in MS-DOS version 6.2. Previous versions of MS-DOS supplied only the simpler, purely text-based program .

    5 Microsoft ScanDisk alternatives
    On Windows 98

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Microsoft ScanDisk Features

    1.  Filesystem
    Discontinued

    Replaced by chkdsk icon chkdsk

    Microsoft ScanDisk iconchkdsk Icon

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    Comments about Microsoft ScanDisk as an Alternative to chkdsk
     
    Guest

    Because they're about the same thing.

    Positive commentSep 14, 2018
    0
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    • Microsoft ScanDisk is Free and Proprietarychkdsk is Paid and Proprietary
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    [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files-79aa86cb-ca52-166a-92a3-966e85d4094e](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files-79aa86cb-ca52-166a-92a3-966e85d4...

    2 System File Checker alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    System File Checker VS chkdsk

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    • System File Checker is the most popular commercial alternative to chkdsk.

    • System File Checker is Paid and Proprietarychkdsk is also Paid and Proprietary
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    NTFS-3G Safe Read/Write NTFS Driver.

    2 NTFSFix From NTFS-3G alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    NTFSFix From NTFS-3G Features

    1.  NTFS Partition Recovery
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