Need Windows help

[loverboy]

can anyone assist me on how to access SCANDISK from a XP machine? having problems with my HD now

[AMADude]

Good question, I am not sure but try
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools.

[Tuna]

Open My Computer, and then select the local disk you want to check.
On the File menu, click Properties.
On the Tools tab, under Error-checking, click Check Now.

[loverboy]

Originally posted by AMADude
Good question, I am not sure but try
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools.

no luck, i think you can only view that in lower Windows Machines but not on XP

[loverboy]

Originally posted by Tuna
Open My Computer, and then select the local disk you want to check.
On the File menu, click Properties.
On the Tools tab, under Error-checking, click Check Now.

already did that before but im getting the message below. so i restarted my PC but nothing happened:

[grumpy]

disk > properties > tools > scandisk

[loverboy]

Originally posted by grumpy
disk > properties > tools > scandisk

can you be more specific on that?

how do i go to the "DISC"?

[loverboy]

bump for me

[PrivateIvy]

Originally posted by loverboy
bump for me

here's another for you

Ivy

[loverboy]

Originally posted by PrivateIvy
here's another for you

Ivy

i owe you one baby

[doober]

Originally posted by loverboy
can you be more specific on that?

how do i go to the "DISC"?

Are you being serious?

Just go to my computer and double click, all your disks will be listed.
Then right click on thr disc drive and choose tools.
chose error checking and let it run

[NaughtyJenn]

goto my computer
click on the hd u want to scan
right click goto properties
click on tools
click on error checking (same icon as scandisk) will do it for ya

[NaughtyJenn]

Originally posted by doober
Are you being serious?

Just go to my computer and double click, all your disks will be listed.
Then right click on thr disc drive and choose tools.
chose error checking and let it run

was in the middle of typing it :P

[loverboy]

Originally posted by doober
Are you being serious?

Just go to my computer and double click, all your disks will be listed.
Then right click on thr disc drive and choose tools.
chose error checking and let it run

did that already before, got this error:

http://www.adultoutsourcing.com/gfy/error.gif

restarted the PC as instructed by nothing happened, just like an ordinary reboot thing

[sweet7]

are you sure you have Admin rights/priviledges on your PC under the user that you're logged in as?

[TheDr]

Have you tried booting in safe mode ?

[jimmyf]

Originally posted by TheDr
Have you tried booting in safe mode ?

you are right.... then run scandisk

I use 2 get the same error in windows 98

also just read something today saying safe mode then run it

[loverboy]

Originally posted by TheDr
Have you tried booting in safe mode ?

not yet, can you run the procedures? tnx

[loverboy]

Originally posted by sweet7
are you sure you have Admin rights/priviledges on your PC under the user that you're logged in as?

logged in Admin account

[NaughtyJenn]

i get that message 2, i just click yes to have it run next time my computer boots up then reboot..

[NaughtyJenn]

actually when the computer is booting keep pressing F8 and wait till the menu pops up, there should be something to let u boot into safe mode and i even think there is something there that will runscandisk before it boots

[TheDr]

Restart, wait for startup screen, press F8, select safe mode.

[loverboy]

Originally posted by TheDr
Restart, wait for startup screen, press F8, select safe mode.

weird, tried that several times but no boot is Safe mode

[loverboy]

bump

[TheDr]

I'm not running XP, so check out this link:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...rc=sec_doc_nam

There seems to some other way to get into safe mode with XP, though F8 should work.