CHKDSK is basically the same for Win2K as it is for WinXP.
You noted you think the HD is questionable.
To be sure...
Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic software
respective to your hard disk. After the test, you will know if the hard disk is bad or
not..
Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/
Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Seagate - SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/
Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/
Samsung - Disk manager
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/
Dave
| It seems you are pretty certain the problem is in the hard-
| drive; what chance might there be that doing a 'chkdsk/f'
| on the old-drive might work?
| This command I just found out is comparable to 'scandisk'
| that I frequently run as normal maintainence on my Win98
| computer; I always wondered why there was nothing like
| that in the menus in Win2000.
| My boss is getting me a new Dell laptop and it'll have
| WinXP; I'll be going to that newsgroup to find out
| if 'chkdsk' is what I'll use on it.
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Get a new 2.5" IDE (notebook) hard disk for the IBM 570.
| >
| >Dave
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| message
| >| >| Reading some other entries in various newsgroups has
| >| prompted me to write this.
| >| 1. I have two IBM laptops....600E that works and 570
| that
| >| does not....both use W2000.
| >| 2. The 570's hard-drive is suspect. Currently, it is not
| >| installed in the computer. The 570 was getting the BSOD.
| >| 3. What steps should be systematically taken towards
| >| resurrecting the 570?
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| >.
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