Check if chkdsk has finished running in cmd

[thegreatjedi]

I need to run chkdsk for each drive volume in a server and fix any error. The steps are as follows:

1. For each drive, run chkdsk without /f
2. If there are disk errors to be fixed, run chkdsk again with /f
3. If prompted, enter "n" to dismount and "Y" to run chkdsk when the computer reboots
4. Repeat for next drive

I found this forum post that gives a solution to read the cmd output and send input when prompted. It depends on checking @error for StdoutRead in an infinite while-loop to determine if there is no more output, but some drives in my servers can take a long time to complete this check, without any new output for minutes. I don't want my script to prematurely detect that chkdsk is complete when it actually hasn't. How can I do that?

This is for a Win2K server environment. I can't replicate faulty hard disks in my development environment and it's not feasible to do too much trial and error at the client's environment, so I prefer to get as much of this right as possible before my first chance to test it.

 

Edited October 2, 2018 by thegreatjedi

[JLogan3o13]

@thegreatjedi welcome to the forum. Please note this forum is dedicated to helping you write and improve your scripts; it is not a forum where you put in a request and someone writes it for you. You will receive much more help if you post your code to show what you have tried on your own up to this point. Forum members can then offer suggestions for improvement.