Hi, I had a couple of files to transfer from a 3.5 floppy. As happens once in
a while it couldn't read that portion of the disk. So on my win xp pro
machine I ran CHKDSK since SCANDISK no longer exists. (BAD MOVE MS) It found
no problems. So I put the disk in old reliable, a win 98se machine ran a full
SCANDISK, it found and corrected errors. File retreived.
Am I missing something with CHKDSK? Does CHKDSK even do a surface check.
Any enlightenment would be great.
Thanks,
Rick
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"Does CHKDSK even do a surface check."

If you ask for one: My Computer > right-click on the drive in question >
select Properties > select the Tools tab > Error-checking - Check Now button
> checkmark in 'Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors'.

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Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Rick H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AAB074D9-15BB-4A98-9174-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, I had a couple of files to transfer from a 3.5 floppy. As happens once
in
> a while it couldn't read that portion of the disk. So on my win xp pro
> machine I ran CHKDSK since SCANDISK no longer exists. (BAD MOVE MS) It
found
> no problems. So I put the disk in old reliable, a win 98se machine ran a
full
> SCANDISK, it found and corrected errors. File retreived.
> Am I missing something with CHKDSK? Does CHKDSK even do a surface check.
> Any enlightenment would be great.
> Thanks,
> Rick
> (E-Mail Removed)

Thanks Ted, that was just what I was looking for.
Rick

"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

> "Does CHKDSK even do a surface check."
>
> If you ask for one: My Computer > right-click on the drive in question >
> select Properties > select the Tools tab > Error-checking - Check Now button
> > checkmark in 'Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors'.
>
> --
> Ted Zieglar
> "You can do it if you try."
>
> "Rick H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AAB074D9-15BB-4A98-9174-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi, I had a couple of files to transfer from a 3.5 floppy. As happens once
> in
> > a while it couldn't read that portion of the disk. So on my win xp pro
> > machine I ran CHKDSK since SCANDISK no longer exists. (BAD MOVE MS) It
> found
> > no problems. So I put the disk in old reliable, a win 98se machine ran a
> full
> > SCANDISK, it found and corrected errors. File retreived.
> > Am I missing something with CHKDSK? Does CHKDSK even do a surface check.
> > Any enlightenment would be great.
> > Thanks,
> > Rick
> > (E-Mail Removed)
>
>

Think how much simpler it would be if, instead of "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors", the caption said something like "Check the surface
of the drive". <g>

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Rick H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:90CB8B80-C0A8-4386-AAE3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Ted, that was just what I was looking for.
> Rick
>
> "Ted Zieglar" wrote:
>
> > "Does CHKDSK even do a surface check."
> >
> > If you ask for one: My Computer > right-click on the drive in question >
> > select Properties > select the Tools tab > Error-checking - Check Now
button
> > > checkmark in 'Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors'.
> >
> > --
> > Ted Zieglar
> > "You can do it if you try."
> >
> > "Rick H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:AAB074D9-15BB-4A98-9174-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi, I had a couple of files to transfer from a 3.5 floppy. As happens
once
> > in
> > > a while it couldn't read that portion of the disk. So on my win xp pro
> > > machine I ran CHKDSK since SCANDISK no longer exists. (BAD MOVE MS) It
> > found
> > > no problems. So I put the disk in old reliable, a win 98se machine ran
a
> > full
> > > SCANDISK, it found and corrected errors. File retreived.
> > > Am I missing something with CHKDSK? Does CHKDSK even do a surface
check.
> > > Any enlightenment would be great.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rick
> > > (E-Mail Removed)
> >
> >

Ted Zieglar wrote:
>
> Think how much simpler it would be if, instead of "Scan
> for and attempt recovery of bad sectors", the caption
> said something like "Check the surface of the drive". <g>
>
>
Then you would get people posting here wanting to know what
"Check the surface of the drive" means. <grin>

Cheers,

Cliff

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