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From: Bob on 9 May 2010 00:12 How to use the Scannow SFC tool in Windows XP http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html <redGTO(a)noplace.com> wrote in message news:rrgvt51b3m34u3cag50sgq5qe1ejuuk469(a)4ax.com... >I just started using XP. I was using Windows 98. I want to check my > drive to be sure it has no errors before I run Defrag. I have always > been told to run Scandisk before Defrag. Well, I just tried and can > not find scandisk. I tried to run it from START / RUN (and type in > scandisk.exe). I did a search for any file called scandisk and it's > just not there. This is a new installation of XP, so it was not > removed by anyone. I'll just copy the one from my Windows 98 > computer, but I'm still wondering where the heck it went, or why it > was not installed during the installation of XP.
From: Bob I on 10 May 2010 11:03 That can't/won't put SCANDISK.EXE on Windows XP because there isn't one. It is chkdsk on NT versions of Windows. Bob wrote: > How to use the Scannow SFC tool in Windows XP > > http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html > > > <redGTO(a)noplace.com> wrote in message > news:rrgvt51b3m34u3cag50sgq5qe1ejuuk469(a)4ax.com... > >> I just started using XP. I was using Windows 98. I want to check my >> drive to be sure it has no errors before I run Defrag. I have always >> been told to run Scandisk before Defrag. Well, I just tried and can >> not find scandisk. I tried to run it from START / RUN (and type in >> scandisk.exe). I did a search for any file called scandisk and it's >> just not there. This is a new installation of XP, so it was not >> removed by anyone. I'll just copy the one from my Windows 98 >> computer, but I'm still wondering where the heck it went, or why it >> was not installed during the installation of XP. > >
From: Andy on 11 May 2010 01:57 to run scan disk in windows xp open windows explorer and right click on the c drive icon on the left side of the screen or whatever drive letter you want to scan . and select scan disk -- AL'S COMPUTERS "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23kYX4HF8KHA.2248(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > That can't/won't put SCANDISK.EXE on Windows XP because there isn't one. > It is chkdsk on NT versions of Windows. > > Bob wrote: > >> How to use the Scannow SFC tool in Windows XP >> >> http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html >> >> >> <redGTO(a)noplace.com> wrote in message >> news:rrgvt51b3m34u3cag50sgq5qe1ejuuk469(a)4ax.com... >> >>> I just started using XP. I was using Windows 98. I want to check my >>> drive to be sure it has no errors before I run Defrag. I have always >>> been told to run Scandisk before Defrag. Well, I just tried and can >>> not find scandisk. I tried to run it from START / RUN (and type in >>> scandisk.exe). I did a search for any file called scandisk and it's >>> just not there. This is a new installation of XP, so it was not >>> removed by anyone. I'll just copy the one from my Windows 98 >>> computer, but I'm still wondering where the heck it went, or why it >>> was not installed during the installation of XP. >> >> >
From: Bob I on 11 May 2010 08:18
Please STOP posting incorrect info, those instructions are not for Windows XP, and SCANDISK does NOT exist. Andy wrote: > to run scan disk in windows xp open windows explorer and right click on the > c drive icon on the left side of the screen or whatever drive letter you > want to scan . > and select scan disk > |