Disk & File Utilities

[Guest]

Folks:



* What functions are performed my the utility CHKDSK.EXE plus how it
differs from Disk Cleanup ?

Actually I was trying to move a bunch of 1Gig files from DVD to hard disk
then burn fresh DVDs.
I kept coming down with all sorts of errors until I ran CHKDSK.exe on hard
drive. Seems to have
done a great job on both files & hard drive. Successful burn after CHKDSK
went to work..

* In the window operating system, do we have OTHER utilities similar
to chkdsk.exe ?

* Is Norton Disk Doctor (NDD) still available on windows XP/2000
system, maybe through the Command Prompt ?




Thanks,
Jo.

 

[Dave Patrick]

If a volume's dirty bit is set, this indicates that the file system may be
in an inconsistent state. The dirty bit can be set because the volume is
online and has outstanding changes, because changes were made to the volume
and the computer shutdown before the changes were committed to disk, or
because corruption was detected on the volume. If the dirty bit is set when
the computer restarts, chkdsk runs to verify the consistency of the volume.

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. One event log message for each volume checked is recorded. So
check the application event log.

NDD is/was part of norton utilities not part of the operating system.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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<JoJo> wrote:
| Folks:
|
|
|
| * What functions are performed my the utility CHKDSK.EXE plus how it
| differs from Disk Cleanup ?
|
| Actually I was trying to move a bunch of 1Gig files from DVD to hard disk
| then burn fresh DVDs.
| I kept coming down with all sorts of errors until I ran CHKDSK.exe on hard
| drive. Seems to have
| done a great job on both files & hard drive. Successful burn after CHKDSK
| went to work..
|
| * In the window operating system, do we have OTHER utilities similar
| to chkdsk.exe ?
|
| * Is Norton Disk Doctor (NDD) still available on windows XP/2000
| system, maybe through the Command Prompt ?
|
|
|
|
| Thanks,
| Jo.
|
|

 

[Andy]

Folks:



* What functions are performed my the utility CHKDSK.EXE plus how it
differs from Disk Cleanup ?

Chkdsk checks the file system and fixes any problems it finds. It
ensures that files can be correctly stored and retrieved.
Disk Cleanup frees up disk space by allowing you to delete temporary,
cache, and unnecessary program files.

 

[POP]

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Folks:



* What functions are performed my the utility CHKDSK.EXE
plus
how it differs from Disk Cleanup ?

They are two entirely different applications and do two entirely
different things. There is no relationship be tween them.

Actually I was trying to move a bunch of 1Gig files from DVD to
hard
disk then burn fresh DVDs.
I kept coming down with all sorts of errors until I ran
CHKDSK.exe on
hard drive. Seems to have
done a great job on both files & hard drive. Successful burn
after
CHKDSK went to work..

* In the window operating system, do we have OTHER
utilities
similar to chkdsk.exe ?

There are several other utilities, but "similar to" chcksk? No,
not really.

* Is Norton Disk Doctor (NDD) still available on windows
XP/2000
system, maybe through the Command Prompt ?

NDD was never a part of XP or 2000. If you had it, that was part
of a vendor supplied package. If you didn't install it, you
don't have it.

HTH
Pop`