CHKDSK inferior to ScanDisk?

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I have just used the "new" CHKDSK on a Win XP machine for
the first time, running it from a command prompt and using
the "/r" switch. It seems to be inferior to Win 9x
ScanDisk (and Norton Disk Doctor, for that matter)in a
couple of ways.

Why does CHKDSK not offer the options that were available
from the "Advanced" button in ScanDisk?

Why does CHKDSK not report that there are *zero* bad
sectors found when that is (presumably, in this case) what
it found? Does it only report on the bad sectors category
when it actually finds some?

Where is a log file for the scan?

Thanks for any assistance.

George
 
open the properties of your hard drive and choose scandisk
check both boxes and when it says it can't do it and asks
if you want to scedgule a ckeckdisk say yes and nthen
reboot
 
How to view the Chkdsk Log Entry:-
You will find the chkdsk log entry in the Application log of Event Viewer.
To access the Event Viewer
.. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools> Event Viewer > Application.
.. Look for the Event from the source "WinLogon".
 
Thanks, Taurarian, for the tip on finding the chkdsk log in
Event Viewer!

I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but I assume from
your post that WinLogon will have the log entry even if
chkdsk was run manually (as opposed to it being run after a
reboot, as is sometimes the case).

George
 
Thanks, bcs.

I combined what you told me with Taurarian's post and got
what I needed. As you probably already know, it is
essential that the top/first box (the one that says
"automatically fix errors", I think) be checked, or else
you *don't* get the prompt to *REBOOT*, and the whole
process beocmes a different thing which runs immediately
(no reboot) inside *WINDOWS*, going through "Phases" 1, 2,
3 and 4, whatever the hell that is -- Windows doesn't tell
you what it's doing. And, as far as I can tell, running
this in Windows means that the WinLogon entry that
Taurarian referred to is *not* created in Event Viewer.

In any event, thank you for telling me about the necessity
of checking the box and the reboot; thank you NOT to
Microsoft for yet another example of an unnecessarily
opaque process!

George
 
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