I need help PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ian Chung]

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello, I recently bought (3 weeks ago) a Sony Vaio
>(Microsoft XP Windows Home Edition) computer it has
>Windows XP I have been everywhere looking for my Scan
>Disc and it is NOWHERE to be found. I was told by
>someone else to go to PROGRAMS, THEN ACCESSORIES, THEN
>COMMAND PROMPT, THEN TYPE IN EITHER prompt A:\ scandisc
>ALL or promt A:\ scandisc ALL I have done every
>imaginable combo known to man and still NOTHING. It
>either tells me it can't find what I am looking for or
it
>will shorten to A:\ and when I type in scandisc ALL it
>just keeps repeating it each time I hit ENTER.
>
>Can someone give me the right directions??? Real
simple,
>easy to follow, step by step directions for locating my
>Scandisc???? I am beginning to think they freaking
>forgot it............... That or they changed the Damn
>name on me??????? Someone please help. I can't imagine
>why NO ONE else has questioned this in any of the
>FAQ's???????
>
>Guess I missed the memo. Thanks in advance, Susan.
>.
>

Susan,

Under Windows XP Scandisc is called "checkdisk" or
CHKDSK.exe...or sumtin like that.

it should appear under Accessories -> system tools...

just look around for check disk, and you'll find it.

[Donald L McDaniel]

In article >,
says...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello, I recently bought (3 weeks ago) a Sony Vaio
> >(Microsoft XP Windows Home Edition) computer it has
> >Windows XP I have been everywhere looking for my Scan
> >Disc and it is NOWHERE to be found. I was told by
> >someone else to go to PROGRAMS, THEN ACCESSORIES, THEN
> >COMMAND PROMPT, THEN TYPE IN EITHER prompt A:\ scandisc
> >ALL or promt A:\ scandisc ALL I have done every
> >imaginable combo known to man and still NOTHING. It
> >either tells me it can't find what I am looking for or
> it
> >will shorten to A:\ and when I type in scandisc ALL it
> >just keeps repeating it each time I hit ENTER.
> >
> >Can someone give me the right directions??? Real
> simple,
> >easy to follow, step by step directions for locating my
> >Scandisc???? I am beginning to think they freaking
> >forgot it............... That or they changed the Damn
> >name on me??????? Someone please help. I can't imagine
> >why NO ONE else has questioned this in any of the
> >FAQ's???????
> >
> >Guess I missed the memo. Thanks in advance, Susan.
> >.
> >
>
> Susan,
>
> Under Windows XP Scandisc is called "checkdisk" or
> CHKDSK.exe...or sumtin like that.
>
> it should appear under Accessories -> system tools...
>
> just look around for check disk, and you'll find it.
>
Open My Computer, and right-click on the icon of the drive you want to check,
then click on the "Tools" tab. Then click on "Check now". When you do this,
it will tell you that it can't check it, since the volume is in use. It will
then offer to check the disk the next time you reboot. Just restart Windows
normally, and it will check the disk, and if it finds any errors, will offer
to fix them for you.

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Donald L McDaniel
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