Scandisk in XP?

[(RIP) willstatt]

Is there no 'Scandisk' facility in XP?

I used to run it periodically in Win98, but can't find it in WinXP.... or is it now called somefink else?

Will

 

[Kropotkin]

Double click My Computer
Right click on the disk you want to check
Select Properties from the right click menu
Click on the Tools tab
Select Error Checking.

I think you can also force it to run checkdisk when you reboot, which is always a good idea, but I forget how...

 

[cookie]

Double click My Computer
Right click on the disk you want to check
Select Properties from the right click menu
Click on the Tools tab
Select Error Checking.

I think you can also force it to run checkdisk when you reboot, which is always a good idea, but I forget how...

IIRC pc will reboot if you ask it to check C drive.

or

at command prompt type *chkdsk /r* pc will reboot, check + repair any damaged sectors.

edit: may need to put in the disc label. details here