In XP, if you go to MY COMPUTER, and right-click on the drive in question, you select PROPERTIES. Then, go to the TOOLS tab. Under ERROR-CHECKING click on the CHECK NOW, and this will run ScanDisk in XP. ..::[Sir Troth]::.. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ICQ: 1717439 AIM: SirTrothX MSN: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx YAHOO: SirTroth :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ----- Original Message ----- From: David F Wooledge To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Scan Disk in XP My house mate has XP, last night we followed Linda's directions. Error Checking runs Check Disk which is different then Scan Disk. After running it tells us it has found errors, and also tells us that Check Disk does not fix errors. I also have Check Disk on my 2 machines that run 98SE, my one with ME, and my one with 3.11. When I run Check Disk on these machines I am told that it cannot fix the errors. I have Scan Disk also on those four machines. Is there a real Scan Disk in XP Pro, we have XP Home on my house mate's machine. And how do we run the real Scan Disk in XP Home? We would like to correct the errors that Error Checking finds on his hard drive. Thanks, Dave ------------------------------ From: "gratchie" <gratchie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Computer is slowing down Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:48:18 +0800 i cannot seem to find scandisk in xp pro. is it installed by default? thanks gratchie > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 22:50:23 -0400 From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Computer is slowing down In xp pro, it's called Error Checking Right click on the drive you want to run scandisk on....select Properties from the menu.....click on the Tools tab...in there you will see Error Checking Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/