-----Original Message-----
Using Windows XP. Recently hard disk corrupted and tried to find
Scandisk but unable to access it. Able to correct corrupt disk problem
with System Restore but still cannot locate Scandisk. It is not in
System Tools. Search only yields the logs for Scandisk not the
application. Is there a way to obtain Scandisk from the Windows XP CD?
Thanks,
Karl
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Windows XP does not have Scandisk, it has Checkdisk. To
find this, goto My Computer and right-click on the hard
drive you want to run Checkdisk on. Scroll down to
Properties and select the Tools tab. You will see an
option for Errorchecking and a Check Now button. Click
on that button. It will start to run and then tell you
that it cannot continue because some files are in use and
will ask you if you want to schedule a run.
Select "Yes", clsose the windows and reboot the
computer. Windows will start to load and then will
launch into Checkdisk. Another way to do Checkdisk is to
set your BIOS to boot from the cd-rom, pop in a Winmdows
XP installation cd and when it asks if you want to
install windows or use the Recovery option, hit R, then
the number of the Windows installation and enter, type in
the Administrator password if you have one and the type
in either 'chkdsk /r' (checks and repairs)
or 'chkdsk /r/f' (checks, repairs and forces repairs).
Note: do not include the ' quotation marks.