Windows 10: Clear Dirty Bit

Discus and support Clear Dirty Bit in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; While trying to troubleshoot something in my system, someone suggested setting the dirty bit on C: However, even though the chkdsk utility starts and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by pmruzicka, Apr 16, 2025.

  1. PMRUZICKA
    pmruzicka Win User

    Clear Dirty Bit


    While trying to troubleshoot something in my system, someone suggested setting the dirty bit on C: However, even though the chkdsk utility starts and "seems" to run at startup, the dirty bit is not getting cleared and the chkdsk utility tries to run every time I start WIndows. Can anyone help me clear this dirty bit setting from my c: drive?

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    pmruzicka, Apr 16, 2025
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  2. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User

    Dirty Bit Not Resetting

    That seems to have completed successfully, try the following to see if it will clear the dirty bit on that drive, sometimes it can be a stubborn process to clear that . . .

    Run there one at a time

    fsutil dirty query d:

    chkntfs /x d:

    fsutil dirty query d:
     
    DaveM121, Apr 16, 2025
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  3. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User
    Dirty Bit Not Resetting

    Hi PUFFBALL101961

    Well, that is the only method to clear a dirty bit, no point in running a full repair again, with the length of time that takes, you could just run chkdsk without any switches on your d drive, that will complete quickly, to see if that gets Windows 10 clear
    the dirty bit . .
     
    DaveM121, Apr 16, 2025
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  4. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User

    Clear Dirty Bit

    Dirty Bit Not Resetting

    I do hope that works for you . . .

    When that completes, run the other command to clear the dirty bit again . . .
     
    DaveM121, Apr 16, 2025
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