Norton Disk Doctor Question

[Guest]

What, if anything, does Norton Disk Doctor (part of Systemworks) do that
chkdsk doesn't already do? I no longer use Norton utilities, but I'm curious
if anyone knows the answer and, if so, what it is. Thanks.

 

[ColTom2]

Recommend that you use chkdsk and not use Norton Disk Doctor. They both
basically are suppose to do the same thing, but I feel Microsoft chkdsk is
best without any question.

 

[Guest]

Recommend that you use chkdsk and not use Norton Disk Doctor. They both
basically are suppose to do the same thing, but I feel Microsoft chkdsk is
best without any question.

I agree. I have never had a problem of any kind with chkdsk, and it seems
to do well what it is supposed to do: detect and fix NTFS disk errors. It
has been at least a year or two since I last used Norton Disk Doctor, but I
remember thinking at the time that it didn't seem to do anything more or less
than what chkdsk did. I'm curious if anyone who knows more about this than
I do has a different answer and, if so, what it is.

Ken

 

[Sharon F]

What, if anything, does Norton Disk Doctor (part of Systemworks) do that
chkdsk doesn't already do? I no longer use Norton utilities, but I'm curious
if anyone knows the answer and, if so, what it is. Thanks.

You might want to search via google for threads on this or at the Symantec
Knowledge Base. When XP first came out I vaguely remember discussions that
Disk Doctor passed the task back to XP. That may have only applied to NTFS
and not FAT32. Since I don't use any Norton products, I'm sorry to say the
details of these discussions didn't stick in my memory.

 

[Lester Stiefel]

You might want to search via google for threads on this or at the Symantec
Knowledge Base. When XP first came out I vaguely remember discussions that
Disk Doctor passed the task back to XP. That may have only applied to NTFS
and not FAT32. Since I don't use any Norton products, I'm sorry to say the
details of these discussions didn't stick in my memory.

Both are identical, but use differing routines.
DiskDoctor will do all tests while online, except the file
system folder tests. These get passed back to the OS under
XP, as a task for chkdsk bootime. In order for bootime check
to occur the switch "auto fix problems" must be set.

 

[Guest]

You might want to search via google for threads on this or at the Symantec
Knowledge Base. When XP first came out I vaguely remember discussions that
Disk Doctor passed the task back to XP. That may have only applied to NTFS
and not FAT32. Since I don't use any Norton products, I'm sorry to say the
details of these discussions didn't stick in my memory.

I did before posting my question, but didn't find any useful information.
At most, I got the impression from Symantec and a few other places that Disk
Doctor on a NTFS file system is simply chkdsk with a different interface. It
has been like decades or whatever since I had FAT32, but I do vaguely
remember claims that Disk Doctor was an improved version of scandisk. But I
haven't seen any such claim regarding chkdsk.

Ken

 

[Guest]

Both are identical, but use differing routines.
DiskDoctor will do all tests while online, except the file
system folder tests. These get passed back to the OS under
XP, as a task for chkdsk bootime. In order for bootime check
to occur the switch "auto fix problems" must be set.

That's what I remember, and since that time I haven't seen or read anything
that changes my recollection.

Ken

 

[Sharon F]

I did before posting my question, but didn't find any useful information.
At most, I got the impression from Symantec and a few other places that Disk
Doctor on a NTFS file system is simply chkdsk with a different interface. It
has been like decades or whatever since I had FAT32, but I do vaguely
remember claims that Disk Doctor was an improved version of scandisk. But I
haven't seen any such claim regarding chkdsk.

That's about what is stuck in my human memory banks too, Ken. I'm sorry I
don't have anything more to add to that.