[pchelpers] Re: no scan disk in win xp

Hi!

Friday, November 28, 2003, 6:27:34 PM, you wrote:

GC> What about lost file clusters or data that is just taking up
GC> space? Does this Error-Checking tool do all that scandisk used to
GC> do? Would it work to copy scandisk to an XP harddrive and run it?

It has two options, one being to check for bad spots and the other
being to fix errors.

There's also a CHKDSK command-line program. Here are the options for
it:

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C:\>chkdsk /?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.

CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]

  volume   Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
           mount point, or volume name.
  filename FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for
           fragmentation.
  /F       Fixes errors on the disk.
  /V       On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file
           on the disk.
           On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
  /R       Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
           (implies /F).
  /L:size  NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number
           of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current
           size.
  /X       Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
           All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
           (implies /F).
  /I       NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
  /C       NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder
           structure.

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.
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The /F option and the /R option correspond with the options provided
by the Error-Checking tool.

When you see the disk being checked at start-up, it's chkdsk that's
running.

--Scott.


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