Scandisk

[Robert McDonald]

Why is there no scandisk in XP? Chkdsk doesn't do all scandisk did, does it?

Bob

 

[Richard Urban]

Scandisk is for Win9x operating systems. Chkdsk is for operating systems
based on NT.

As to whether it is as good as scandisk: I have never had any case where
chkdsk did not solve a problem involving logical disk corruption. As with
scandisk, any corrupted, but recovered file, may well be unusable.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[David Candy]

Chkdsk is in Dos and 9x. Scandisk (which is Norton's Disk Doctor) was named so to distinguish it from MS's Chkdsk.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Why is there no scandisk in XP?

WinXP does not have a program called "Scandisk," as this was a
Win9x/Me program. Instead, because WinXP is descended from the WinNT/2K
OS family, it has a command line utility called "Chkdsk," which performs
much better.

Start > Run > Cmd > Chkdsk.exe /? for the correct syntax and
available options.

Alternatively, double-click My Computer > right-click the desired
hard drive > Properties > Tools > Error-checking/Check Now. This will
run Chkdsk, normally on the next reboot.

Chkdsk doesn't do all scandisk did, does it?

Well, except for the silly GUI display, it does more.

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Bruce Chambers

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