As limited user, and get "Access denied" when I run chkdsk from the
command line. (I get the equivalent message when I run it from
Explorer > Properties > Tools > Error-checking.) As administrator, I
can run chkdsk just fine.

I had a nasty Windows crash on Sunday, and restored my disk with the
known good backup from Friday; I noticed this problem after the
backup. The partitions involved are FAT32, not NTFS.

1. Is CHKDSK, like MSCONFIG, an administrator-only tool? I could
swear I used to be able to run CHKDSK as a limited user, but maybe
I'm remembering wrong.

2. If CHKDSK is an admin-only tool, is there some policy setting to
all limited users to run it, or do I need to use the RunAs command?

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

Hello

1.) Yes CHKDSK is an Administrator only tool, to run CHKDSK on a fixed disk
you must be part of the Administrators group.

2.) I only know of the Run-As my friend.
--
AU
MCP, Network+, A+


"Stan Brown" wrote:

> As limited user, and get "Access denied" when I run chkdsk from the
> command line. (I get the equivalent message when I run it from
> Explorer > Properties > Tools > Error-checking.) As administrator, I
> can run chkdsk just fine.
>
> I had a nasty Windows crash on Sunday, and restored my disk with the
> known good backup from Friday; I noticed this problem after the
> backup. The partitions involved are FAT32, not NTFS.
>
> 1. Is CHKDSK, like MSCONFIG, an administrator-only tool? I could
> swear I used to be able to run CHKDSK as a limited user, but maybe
> I'm remembering wrong.
>
> 2. If CHKDSK is an admin-only tool, is there some policy setting to
> all limited users to run it, or do I need to use the RunAs command?
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com/
> "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
> been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/
>

Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:51:04 -0800 from AU
<AU@discussions.microsoft.com>:

> 1.) Yes CHKDSK is an Administrator only tool, to run CHKDSK on a fixed disk
> you must be part of the Administrators group.

Creepy! I could have sworn I ran it as limited user before, but at
least I know now that there isn't something weird going on after my
crash and restore. Thanks!

> 2.) I only know of the Run-As my friend.

Thanks anyway -- now I know I didn't miss anything when scanning the
policy editor.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/