power failure--restart question

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There was a brief power failure at my house. The computer was on at the
time. When the power returned, I noticed that the computer was now off
(though the monitor light was on). I turned the computer on and it
booted up normally.

When there was a power failure on my Win ME computer, there were two
differences: 1) the computer turned back on when the power resumed and
2) Scan disk ran automatically.

My main question here is--why doesn't scan disk (or its equivalent in
XP) come on when the computer is started again? Does XP even come with
scan disk? Do I need to use it in this instance or has XP somehow
magically taken care of any issues that the unscheduled power off created?

Thanks
 
If your drive is formatted NTFS, then it is much more
stable than the old FAT32 file system. It may not require
a checkdisk after an abrupt shutdown.

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| There was a brief power failure at my house. The computer was on at the
| time. When the power returned, I noticed that the computer was now off
| (though the monitor light was on). I turned the computer on and it
| booted up normally.
|
| When there was a power failure on my Win ME computer, there were two
| differences: 1) the computer turned back on when the power resumed and
| 2) Scan disk ran automatically.
|
| My main question here is--why doesn't scan disk (or its equivalent in
| XP) come on when the computer is started again? Does XP even come with
| scan disk? Do I need to use it in this instance or has XP somehow
| magically taken care of any issues that the unscheduled power off created?
|
| Thanks
 
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