power failure--restart question

[richard]

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

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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

--
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