XP and Scandisk ?

[rick]

I noticed XP does not have Scandisk listed under the
"System Tools" How or what do you run instead? Also,how do
you have it check your drive surface?
thanks

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Do a search in Help & Support for Scandisk and you will see it's now called
Chkdsk.... under the article New Ways to do Familiar Tasks.

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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, as it's not burdened with presenting a
pretty picture of moving blocks of color while it's working.

Start > Run > 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.


Bruce Chambers

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