What is the purpose of the chkdsk tool in Windows and how does it work?

[ProfRon]

You ever notice your computer acting wonky, like files vanishing or boot-ups dragging? That's when chkdsk swoops in to sort the mess. I run it whenever my drive starts hiccuping. It pokes through your hard drive, hunting for glitches in the file setup.

Picture your disk as a cluttered garage full of boxes. Chkdsk straightens the labels and tosses out junk links. You just type it in the command spot, and it scans overnight sometimes. I let it chew on errors while I grab coffee.

It fixes wonky sectors that trip up reads. Or it reunites stray file bits floating around. You might see it mark bad spots as off-limits too. I trust it to keep my stuff from crumbling.

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