How do I run Scandisk in Win2K?

[Muerto]

In Win98 it's in the System Tools menu in Accessories. Anybody know where it is in Win2K? Thanks.

 

[IamDavid]

Rightclick\properties on the drive. Its under tools.

 

[HansXP]

It's just called Check Disk under W2K

 

[armypants]

scan disk is in also

 

[HansXP]

It is? It's not on mine.

 

[Joemonkey]

there is no "ScanDisk" application that comes with Windows 2000

best way to check for errors is go to a command prompt, and type "chkdsk /?"

then you can run whatever switches you want, i normally run a "chkdsk c: /r" which ends up running after a reboot and finding and fixing all errors.

 

[Qman71]

You can double click "My Computer", right click the C: drive and select Properties, goto the Tools Tab, and you will see the error checking option

 

[Joemonkey]

that error checking program IS the chkdsk program, just so ya know

 

[Qman71]

It's handy for those who don't like to type (or can't remember the chkdsk command)

 

[armypants]

i can swear it says scan disk somewhere in the windows menu

 

[HansXP]

No, it doesn't. Unless you installed a 3rd party scandisk.

 

[Muerto]

Thanks guys.

 

[Looney]

Naw, no scandisk in Win2k... Check Disk is it. May have to reboot to do it though.

 

[Towenaar]

<< there is no &quot;ScanDisk&quot; application that comes with Windows 2000

best way to check for errors is go to a command prompt, and type &quot;chkdsk /?&quot;

then you can run whatever switches you want, i normally run a &quot;chkdsk c: /r&quot; which ends up running after a reboot and finding and fixing all errors. >>



Here is a dump from the &quot;/?&quot; switch:

Checks a disk and displays a status report.


CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/i] [/C] [/L[:size]]


volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
filename FAT only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file
on the disk.
On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
(implies /F).
/L:size NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number
of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current
size.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
(implies /F).
/I NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder
structure.

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.