
Given that the original German forum thread was posted on the 18th, we’d suggest restarting your PC if you haven’t since the 8th, and then still being cautious about running the chkdsk command for a while. It should start up as expected once it has completed.” Note After completing these steps, the device might automatically run chkdsk again on restart. If it restarts into Recovery Console, select Exit and continue to Windows 10. The device should now start up as expected. Allow chkdsk to complete the scan, this can take a little while. In the pop-up windows, choose Create Windows To Go with system disc/ISO and click Next.

Replace drive letter with the drive letter of the drive that you want to scan. In Command Prompt, type chkdsk /r drive letter and press enter. Then, right-click on the relevant result and select Run as administrator. Click Windows To Go Creator in the left pane. To use the CHKDSK command, open an elevated Command Prompt window by hitting Win + S and typing cmd.

Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant. Once Command Prompt opens, type: chkdsk /fĥ. Insert the SanDisk USB and make sure it can be detected by Windows. Select Command Prompt from the list of actions.Ĥ.

The device should automatically start up into the Recovery Console after failing to start up a few times.ģ. If you have encountered the problem, Microsoft also posted the following guide to fix your machine: Command-line version of Disk Cleanup Utility or Cleanmgr.exe To begin, open an elevated command prompt, type cleanmgr /sageset:n where n can be any integer between 1 and 255. If you haven’t run across the issue yet, Microsoft suggests restarting your device to help apply the fix. The company said in its December 8th updates that “This issue is resolved and should now be prevented automatically on non-managed devices.” However, given that the user reports are only now starting to come in, it’s clear that chkdsk might still be dangerous for some. Thankfully, Microsoft has acknowledged the issue, but its fix oddly predates these user reports.
