Windows XP Home Edition: The instructions say to go to my computer, local disk, properties then Tools tab. However, I don't have a tools tab. Consequently, I am unable to then go to error checking, check now, disk scan

Do you know how I can activate scan disk from the menu? P.S. When I turned off the computer via the button and then turned the computer back on, the check disk utility ran. There has to be a better way to activate it. Can anyone help

Also what is the program name? I tried scandskw.exe and the program could not be found.

>-----Original Message-----
>Windows XP Home Edition: The instructions say to go to
my computer, local disk, properties then Tools tab.
However, I don't have a tools tab. Consequently, I am
unable to then go to error checking, check now, disk scan.
>
>Do you know how I can activate scan disk from the menu?
P.S. When I turned off the computer via the button and
then turned the computer back on, the check disk utility
ran. There has to be a better way to activate it. Can
anyone help?
>
>Also what is the program name? I tried scandskw.exe and
the program could not be found.
>.
>Go to "Run" and enter chkdsk.exe and it will preform a
check disk also if you go to this link it will give you
some switches, how, when, why, to use them.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...g/productdoc/e
n/default.asp?
url=/WINDOWSXP/home/using/productdoc/en/chkdsk.asp

thats all one loooong link