Scheduling tasks?

[cjrose]

I'm trying to schedule ScanDisk (called Error Checking in
XP) to run regularly on its own in the Task Scheduler.
It doesn't appear as one of the options of programs to be
scheduled. Does anyone know if this can be done and how?

Thanks.

[Diggy]

It's called "chkdsk.exe" and it's in the systems32 folder. You can browse
to it. To see the available options for this you can open the command
prompt and type "chkdsk.exe /?". But my computer always wants to reboot in
order to do a check, so I don't know how this would work from the task
scheduler.

There's one command line option that says it forces the volume to dismount
in order to do a check - maybe this means XP will check the disk without
having to reboot . . . or maybe not . . . I don't get what it means by
dismounting.


"cjrose" > wrote in message
...
> I'm trying to schedule ScanDisk (called Error Checking in
> XP) to run regularly on its own in the Task Scheduler.
> It doesn't appear as one of the options of programs to be
> scheduled. Does anyone know if this can be done and how?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

[DT]

On Sat, 10 May 2003 14:00:06 -0700, "cjrose" >
wrote:

>I'm trying to schedule ScanDisk (called Error Checking in
>XP) to run regularly on its own in the Task Scheduler.
>It doesn't appear as one of the options of programs to be
>scheduled. Does anyone know if this can be done and how?
>
>Thanks.
>


www.kellys-korner-XP.com Tweaks

Line 82

Note the info on top of the tweak page

Dave

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[cjrose]

Dave,

Went to the Tweak page but didn't note any info at the
top related to Error Checking or ScanDisk. Can you be
more specific?

Thanks.


>-----Original Message-----
>On Sat, 10 May 2003 14:00:06 -0700, "cjrose"
>
>wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to schedule ScanDisk (called Error Checking
in
>>XP) to run regularly on its own in the Task Scheduler.
>>It doesn't appear as one of the options of programs to
be
>>scheduled. Does anyone know if this can be done and how?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>
>
>www.kellys-korner-XP.com Tweaks
>
>Line 82
>
>Note the info on top of the tweak page
>
>Dave
>
>l
>.
>

[DT]

On Sun, 11 May 2003 17:47:35 -0700, "cjrose" >
wrote:

>Went to the Tweak page but didn't note any info at the
>top related to Error Checking or ScanDisk. Can you be
>more specific?

The top of the Tweak page gives you information about what screen you
may get if you have a Anti Virus program running. Ignore that warning.

Page down to line 82 to see the tweak I am referring to.

This tweak will do a scan at startup.

Dave

[Diggy]

I think DT meant to give you this URL:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


"cjrose" > wrote in message
...
> Dave,
>
> Went to the Tweak page but didn't note any info at the
> top related to Error Checking or ScanDisk. Can you be
> more specific?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >On Sat, 10 May 2003 14:00:06 -0700, "cjrose"
> >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>I'm trying to schedule ScanDisk (called Error Checking
> in
> >>XP) to run regularly on its own in the Task Scheduler.
> >>It doesn't appear as one of the options of programs to
> be
> >>scheduled. Does anyone know if this can be done and how?
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >
> >
> >www.kellys-korner-XP.com Tweaks
> >
> >Line 82
> >
> >Note the info on top of the tweak page
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >l
> >.
> >