
It finds unidentifiable data areas on the disk, and can save them as. No, CHKDSK did not and does not " delete" files. Firstly, you should view hidden folders in Windows 10. 000 folder which is hidden by default when find files get lost after CHKDSK. In any case, you will be fine to delete FOUND.000, DIR000.CHK or FILE000. So, you can go to the root directory of your drive to see if there is a found. When the Check Disk runs and finds corrupted data, rather than deleting. Just so, where is the found folder from check disk? The CHK file extension is also associated with file fragments saved by Windows Disk Defragmenter or ScanDisk. One may also ask, what are CHK files? CHK is a file extension for a temporary file format used by WordPerfect for Windows. While performing chkdsk on the hard drive, if there are any bad sectors found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector, any data available on that might be lost.

000 folders is a folder that is automatically created when you run a chkdsk on your PC or any disk checking utility. In order to view it, they have to open the folder options and uncheck “Hide protected Operating System Files and Folders” option. It is a system folder that usually remains hidden, so users normally do not get to see this folder. 000 folder is created to save these partial and damaged files.
