scandisk

[ed]

Is there a way to manually run scandisk with winXP?
Is it called something else?

[niknik1971]

Start/Run "command" (without the quotes)

Then chkdsk

CHKDSK filename]]] [/F] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]


volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
filename FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for
fragmentation
..
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every
file
on the disk.
On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
(implies /F).
/L:size NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified
number
of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current
size.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
(implies /F).
/I NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index
entries.
/C NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder
structure.

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.

"ed" <NoSpam@NoEmail> wrote in message ...
> Is there a way to manually run scandisk with winXP?
> Is it called something else?
>

[ed]

Ok , by the way what happened to Scandisk? I hope this is a "new"
chkdsk since the old one was a definite No for windows.