Scandisk In Win XP

[jktzweiss]

Does scandisk exist in win xp(Home Edition), if so where? Thanks..JW

 

[Toejam31]

No. Scandisk is Chkdsk in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/using/productdoc/en/chkdsk.asp?frame=true" target="_new">http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/using/productdoc/en/chkdsk.asp?frame=true</A>

The easiest way to run Chkdsk is to open My Computer, and right-click on each hard drive icon. Choose Properties\Tools, and under Error Checking, click the Check Now button, and select your preferred options. Choosing to scan the file system is a regular scan. Selecting both options includes the thorough surface scan.

The partition that holds the operating system files and the paging file cannot be scanned in the GUI, and so the computer will ask you if you wish to run the scan on the next restart of the system. Say yes, and reboot.

All other partitions can be scanned in the GUI.

Toejam31

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