scandisk in xp

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I was told to do a scandisk in Windows XP. I assume the person meant the
newer chkdsk. But is there a way of doing a scandisk in XP? The person who
told me to do this is very tech savvy, but I don't know if he had a brain
fade and really meant to do a chkdsk or if he meant scandisk.

He is gone for the week, otherwise I would ask him.

Can you do a scandisk in XP if you start at the command prompt?
 
Stephen said:
I was told to do a scandisk in Windows XP. I assume the person meant
the newer chkdsk. But is there a way of doing a scandisk in XP? The
person who told me to do this is very tech savvy, but I don't know if
he had a brain fade and really meant to do a chkdsk or if he meant
scandisk.
He is gone for the week, otherwise I would ask him.

Can you do a scandisk in XP if you start at the command prompt?
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CHKDSK
Terminology/syntax incorrect - I'm sure it was that.
 
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Stephen Larivee said:
I was told to do a scandisk in Windows XP. I assume the person
meant
the newer chkdsk. But is there a way of doing a scandisk in
XP? The
person who told me to do this is very tech savvy, but I don't
know if
he had a brain fade and really meant to do a chkdsk or if he
meant
scandisk.
He is gone for the week, otherwise I would ask him.

Can you do a scandisk in XP if you start at the command prompt?
Click to expand...


No. There's no scandisk in XP. As you suggest, chkdsk is the XP
command, and is roughly equivalent to the scandisk of WIndows 9X.

It's possible that the person who told you to do this just had a
momentary lapse, but if I were in your shoes I would tread
carefully taking advice from him. He may not be as technically
savvy as you think.
 
What most folks are referring to when they tell you to use scandisk is the
error checking tool built into XP. To locate it open Windows Explorer and
right click on the drive that you want to check. Select Properties, then
select the Tools tab. It will give you and Error Checking option there that
is very similar to the old scandisk.
 
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