Disk Defragmenter

[Guest]

The disk defragmenter is no longer in my "system tools". All I have in system
tool is "security center". All the tools are gone. Anybody else have this
happen on their XP system?

 

[S.Sengupta]

You can easily create shortcuts for each items under System Tools:-
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools

Backup - %SystemRoot%\system32\ntbackup.exe
Character Map - %SystemRoot%\system32\charmap.exe
Disk Cleanup - %SystemRoot%\system32\cleanmgr.exe
Disk Defragmenter - %SystemRoot%\system32\dfrg.msc
Files and Setting Transfer Wizard - %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\usmt\migwiz.exe
Security Center - %SystemRoot%\system32\wscui.cpl
System Information - "C:\PROGRAM FILES\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe"
System Restore - %SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe


regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Guest]

I cannot find my Accessory Directory in the Start\all programs anymore. I
cannot understand where it went or why most of my utilities and system tools
are now missing.
Richard

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Restore shortcuts to the Accessories group
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Accessories.htm

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility
should have shortcuts for...
Magnifier
Narrator
On-Screen Keyboard
Utility Manager

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications
should have shortcuts for...
Network Connections
Network Setup Wizard
New Connection Wizard
Remote Desktop Connection

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Entertainment
should have shortcuts for...
Sound Recorder
Volume Control

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools
should have shortcuts for...
Backup
Character Map
Disk Cleanup
Disk Defragmenter
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
Scheduled Tasks
System Information


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[Guest]

Wes:

I sent you a message directly and I hope you don't mind. I have the items
you listed but the Scandisk, Accessability, Communications, Entertainment
directories are missing from me along with all of the other System Tools and
their functions from the Start Menu. I do not understand what has happened.

Richard Burns

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Richard,

I sent you a message directly and I hope you don't mind.

I don't mind at all. In fact, I never got it. Hint, my E-mail address has
been munged.

Go here...
Restore shortcuts to the Accessories group
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Accessories.htm

XP does not have Scandisk.exe, it has chkdsk.exe.

There is no shortcut to chkdsk.exe in the Start Menu.

In a command prompt type: chkdsk /? for help.

Scandisk has been retired. Use Error Checking (chkdsk.exe) in XP.
1. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive you want to
check and then click Properties.
2. On the Tools tab, click Check Now.
3. Check both boxes:
* Automatically fix file system errors
Runs Chkdsk by using the /f parameter.

* Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
Runs Chkdsk by using the /r parameter.

A message will popup.

[[The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs
exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be
accessed only by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule this disk check
to occur the next time you restart the computer?]]

Click YES.

Then reboot.

For a look at the chkdsk log.

Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | Click OK |
Look in Application | Listed as Information |
Event ID: 1001
Source: Winlogon
[[Description: This includes file system type; drive letter or GUID, and
volume name or serial number to help determine what volume Chkdsk ran
against. Also included is whether Chkdsk ran because a user scheduled it or
because the dirty bit was set.]]

[[When Autochk runs against a volume at boot time it records its output to a
file called Bootex.log in the root of the volume being checked. The Winlogon
service then moves the contents of each Bootex.log file to the Application
Event log.]]

[[This file states whether Chkdsk encountered any errors and, if so,
whether they were fixed.]]

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[Guest]

Wesley:

Thank you. That information cleared up everything. I used to use chkdsk
when I first started working with DOS back in the late 80's. Going back to
that utility tells me MS made a mistake going to scan disk.

Thank you,

Richard

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Wesley:

Thank you. That information cleared up everything. I used to use
chkdsk when I first started working with DOS back in the late 80's.
Going back to that utility tells me MS made a mistake going to scan
disk.

It's not a matter of a mistake. Chkdsk and scandisk are essentially almost
the same program. They simply use different names for it in different
operating systems. Despite the difference in their names the old DOS chkdsk
is probably more different from the current Windows XP chkdsk than scandisk
is.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

What Ken said.

MICROSOFT DOS
Information about the chkdsk command.
http://www.computerhope.com/chkdskh.htm

Description of ScanDisk for Windows (Scandskw.exe) in Windows 98/Me
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186365

Microsoft Windows XP - Chkdsk
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx?mfr=true

How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

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