Where is SCAN DISK on W-XP? Defrag & Check-disk

"D.Currie" wrote in message
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Not to mention that telling you that you'll lose files by burning them
without first running scandisk and defrag makes absolutely no sense at
all.

## No,.. that's not what he said. Since the CD-RW was screwing up and
destroying CDs he felt I may get a BETTER burn if the PC is freshly
defragged. With nothing running in msconfig but Rundll32 and a 2.60Ghz
processor there shouldn't be a problem burning at X4 or X8. He thought
perhaps the drive was too fragmented - it isn't.

It's not a bad idea to run chkdsk and defrag once in a while, but
running
those every time you want to burn a cd for fear of losing files is just
a
bit silly.

## He said there would be LESS chance of under-runs if the PC wasn't very
fragmented. I usually do BOTH at least once a month. XP doesn't seem to
get as fragmented as W98. He and I were discussing how I was going to do
a backup with all the "problems" I'm having.

Maybe if you started talking to a tech who actually knows something,
you'd
be a bit less frustrated with XP.

## See my other post - above this one. No such critter exists in my neck
of the woods. Also, the techs in the big Nashville stores wont "talk" to
you. They want you to bring in your PC so they can charge you $30 to $50
just to LOOK at it.

FS...............

I don't suppose you upgraded your PC to XP with an older version of
Adaptec's EZ CD Creator on it? That'll cause your pc not to boot!
--
Patty MacDuffie
MS MVP for Windows XP

"~ Free Spirit ~" wrote in message
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"D.Currie" wrote in message
...
Not to mention that telling you that you'll lose files by burning them
without first running scandisk and defrag makes absolutely no sense at
all.

## No,.. that's not what he said. Since the CD-RW was screwing up and
destroying CDs he felt I may get a BETTER burn if the PC is freshly
defragged. With nothing running in msconfig but Rundll32 and a 2.60Ghz
processor there shouldn't be a problem burning at X4 or X8. He thought
perhaps the drive was too fragmented - it isn't.

It's not a bad idea to run chkdsk and defrag once in a while, but
running
those every time you want to burn a cd for fear of losing files is just
a
bit silly.

## He said there would be LESS chance of under-runs if the PC wasn't very
fragmented. I usually do BOTH at least once a month. XP doesn't seem to
get as fragmented as W98. He and I were discussing how I was going to do
a backup with all the "problems" I'm having.

Maybe if you started talking to a tech who actually knows something,
you'd
be a bit less frustrated with XP.

## See my other post - above this one. No such critter exists in my neck
of the woods. Also, the techs in the big Nashville stores wont "talk" to
you. They want you to bring in your PC so they can charge you $30 to $50
just to LOOK at it.

FS...............

"~ Free Spirit ~" wrote in message
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"D.Currie" wrote in message
...
Not to mention that telling you that you'll lose files by burning them
without first running scandisk and defrag makes absolutely no sense at
all.

## No,.. that's not what he said.

Well, it's exactly what you said, and I responded based on that:

"The tech told me to run scan disk and do a defrag before burning all my
files to CDs - or I'll lose them."


Since the CD-RW was screwing up and
destroying CDs he felt I may get a BETTER burn if the PC is freshly
defragged. With nothing running in msconfig but Rundll32

In msconfig? Really? That might be your problem. Windows needs a lot more
than that to function.


and a 2.60Ghz
processor there shouldn't be a problem burning at X4 or X8. He thought
perhaps the drive was too fragmented - it isn't.

It's not a bad idea to run chkdsk and defrag once in a while, but
running
those every time you want to burn a cd for fear of losing files is just
a
bit silly.

## He said there would be LESS chance of under-runs if the PC wasn't very
fragmented. I usually do BOTH at least once a month. XP doesn't seem to
get as fragmented as W98. He and I were discussing how I was going to do
a backup with all the "problems" I'm having.


If you're talking about buffer underruns, on a new computer, that shouldn't
even be an issue. The burning software and the drive should be able to
handle it gracefully. On the other hand, it could just be a cheap drive.


Maybe if you started talking to a tech who actually knows something,
you'd
be a bit less frustrated with XP.

## See my other post - above this one. No such critter exists in my neck
of the woods. Also, the techs in the big Nashville stores wont "talk" to
you. They want you to bring in your PC so they can charge you $30 to $50
just to LOOK at it.


Okay, I'll rephrase it. If you can't talk to someone who has a clue, maybe
you need to stop taking advice from people who are just running you around
in circles.

"D.Currie" wrote in message
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"~ Free Spirit ~" wrote in message
## No,.. that's not what he said.

Well, it's exactly what you said, and I responded based on that:

"The tech told me to run scan disk and do a defrag before burning all my
files to CDs - or I'll lose them."

$$ I meant the files would be LOST when they do a complete reformat at the
tech center. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I should have made that
clearer.

Since the CD-RW was screwing up and
destroying CDs he felt I may get a BETTER burn if the PC is freshly
defragged. With nothing running in msconfig but Rundll32

In msconfig? Really? That might be your problem. Windows needs a lot
more
than that to function.

$$ Please clue me in!!!!! Could THAT be the problem???? He, like
another tech there was wrong???? It's happened with them before. What
should I turn back on?

## He said there would be LESS chance of under-runs if the PC wasn't
very
fragmented. I usually do BOTH at least once a month. XP doesn't seem
to
get as fragmented as W98. He and I were discussing how I was going
to do
a backup with all the "problems" I'm having.

If you're talking about buffer underruns, on a new computer, that
shouldn't
even be an issue. The burning software and the drive should be able to
handle it gracefully. On the other hand, it could just be a cheap drive.

$$ It is a CRAP drive. Do you think they put anything of good quality on
these PCs?

## See my other post - above this one. No such critter exists in my
neck
of the woods. Also, the techs in the big Nashville stores wont
"talk" to
you. They want you to bring in your PC so they can charge you $30 to
$50
just to LOOK at it.

Okay, I'll rephrase it. If you can't talk to someone who has a clue,
maybe
you need to stop taking advice from people who are just running you
around
in circles.

$$ This is excellent advice... please tell me what to turn back on in
msconfig. Or is there a TRUSTWORTHY website for that information??? I'm
starting to get paranoid.

FS..........