Scandisk.....question..........

[daytona]

I know that the XP does not have a "scandisk" program like the older
versions of windows. It know uses the "checkdisk" program...which I don't
like. NOW is there a program that is similar to the older scandisk....one
that you can see if there are any bad sectors or clusters.
I have tried Perfect disk and Spinright........I do not like these either
Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

What do you have against chkdsk? It performs those exact functions you
wanted. Scandisk was well known to sometimes munge data beyond the point of
recovery, and you want something like it? My second recommendation would be
PerfectDisk from Raxco, but I see you don't like that either.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Rick

No log file in Home Edition?


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Gerry

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[S.Sengupta]

Why don't you like chkdsk tool?
'It creates and displays a status report for a disk based on the file
system. Chkdsk also lists and corrects errors on the disk.'
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Gerry, for a peek at the log.

Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | 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.]]

Also.....

Create chkdsk log.

CHKDSK C: /F > C:\CHKDISKLOG.TXT

From:
Doug Knox

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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