Does XP Have Scandisk?
 

I went to run scandisk today but my windows XP Pro doesnt have it, WTF?

XP home has it... I'm certain of that... although I have to restart before it will run.

Why the fuck do you want to run that shit?
Last week I lost all my data because of this shit, only a new pagefile was left on the 160 Gb disk. Fortunately I always have a backup.....

the only scandisk i saw with XP is if the computer crashes and it does a scandisk on reboot.. There has to be a scandisk, i know last year i used it or something like it.. if it's not installed do a search on Google for like "Windows XP Scandisk"

just like the msconfig command from win95 and 98 you can download it to use on Windows 2000/xp.

It could be that the scandisk is DOS based so run the dos prompt and see if you can get anything to come up..

Yngwie

Q. Where does one find the equivalent of the Windows 9x/Me scandisk in Windows XP?

A. Well, it's not in Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools... Here are some ways to find it from the most complex to the easiest:

This one took some real thought over at the Microsoft campus on how to make things simple... Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management, Storage, right-click the Volume, Tools, Options, Check Now button, Select Options, Start.

Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer (right where it is really handy!), Expand My computer, right-click the drive, Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.

Start, right-click My Computer, Manage, Storage, Disk Management, right-click the Volume, Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.

Double-click My computer on the Desktop (or Start, My Computer), select drive, File, Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.

My Computer, right-click the drive, Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.

You may be prompted to restart Windows before it will run.

Never answer a question with a question.

Go to my computer, right-click on the drive you want to scan, selected properties, and it's under tools.

If you wiped out the drive by running scandisk you were really hosed before you did it - virus, maybe? - and you really shouldn't answer a question with a question - my grandma told me that.

i thought that the scandisk feature in XP was renamed to disk cleanup or something like that

DUR, its not exactly scan disk.


START... RUN...

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good luck with your scandisk man, I hope you survive