Chkdisk Question...

[Bruce Chambers]

Run chkdsk:

1. After moving or copying many files.

Why? Please provide a technical reason.

2. After uninstalling a large program like Nero or Photoshop.

Why? Please provide a technical reason.

3. Before installing a large program like Nero or Photoshop.

Why? Please provide a technical reason.

4. Always run chkdsk before you run a full defrag.

Why? Please provide a technical reason.

5. You cannot run it too often.

Utter nonsense, unless one's sole goal is to create utterly unnecessary
wear and tear on the hard drive.

6. Unless otherwise noted, always select to fix found errors.

No. The correct answer would be "*ONLY* to seek/fix errors reported by
the OS."

See:

Seven Golden Rules for Disk Maintenance
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Troubleshooting-File-System-Problems.html

Er.... That link is about Windows Server 2003, *NOT* WinXP. They're
completely different operating systems, you know. (And even then I'd
call it bad advice.)



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