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Title: scan disk or check disk type app for windows XP?
Post by: allroy1975 on August 29, 2006, 08:38:45 pm

yeah..I know XP comes with check disk, but I have a stack of about 10 drives and I'd like to put them (one at a time) into an external usb enclosure, power it up, check the whole disk for errors, then shut the drive down, put the next one in and so forth.  I'd also like to do this all within windows.

Does anyone know of an app that will check the hard drive from within windows?  Google isn't helping me as much as I'd like.  everything seems to turn up the obvious.."check disk"

Title: Re: scan disk or check disk type app for windows XP?
Post by: zvar on August 29, 2006, 10:05:32 pm

Go to the command prompt. (Start -> Run -> type 'cmd' and click OK)
Then type 'chkdsk <drive> /X /R'

The /X unmounts the drive if mounted, although it should not be after just plugging in.  No need to reboot to test.
The /R scans for and marks bad sectors.

Should be able to do what you want without reboot.

Steven

Title: Re: scan disk or check disk type app for windows XP?
Post by: NightGod on August 29, 2006, 11:48:40 pm

Norton Disk Doctor is you want something a bit more advanced than chkdsk, though honestly chkdsk is a "good enough" program in 99% of the cases.