Utility Tool

[jburski]

Is there a comparable utility in Windows XP Professional that is like
scandisk in Windows 2000?

 

[Tom Willett]

Yes. Error checking. Help files might lead you there, or perhaps google.

: Is there a comparable utility in Windows XP Professional that is like
: scandisk in Windows 2000?

 

[John John - MVP]

There is no Scandisk in Windows 2000. Both Windows 2000 and Windows XP
use the Chkdsk utility for disk checking. Open a Command Prompt and
issue chkdsk /? for more help.

John

 

[db]

there is a online
utility here:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

Is there a comparable utility in Windows XP Professional that is like
scandisk in Windows 2000?

Yes, chkdsk is the name for the program roughly equivalent to scandisk
in *all* versions of Windows NT. But note that both Windows XP and
Windows 2000 are Windows NT versions, so they *both* use chkdsk, not
scandisk.

 

[Bob I]

R-click the Drive Icon, select Properties, then Tools tab.

 

[Gerry]

Why do you need an online utility when chkdsk comes woth Windows XP?


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[Gerry]

How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us


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[Tim Meddick]

Just like in Win98 if you right-click on a drive and choose 'Properties'
to bring up the drive's property page - then click on the 'Tools' tab.

Then, under the 'Tools' tab you will find the same (similar) set of
tools -

Error-checking

Defragmentation

Backup


....and the first one - Error-checking - is comparable with Scandisk for
Windows (scandskw.exe), when you click on the 'Check Now' button.

Although, the interface is somewhat simpler, it does the same thing -
checks and fixes file system errors on the drive or partition.

This interface runs chkdsk in the background but you can run it directly
by opening a 'Command Prompt' (dos-box) window and typing :

chkdsk c:

....you can also type :

chkdsk /?

....for help on how to use this utility.

This is comparable to using Scandisk (scandisk.exe) for DOS

BTW - Scandisk is a Fat and Fat32 file system checker - as far as I know
it did NOT come with Win2000 but with the DOS Windows versions (Win3x,
Win9x, WinME) only - not on NT-based Win versions.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.