XP Scandisk issue

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XP Scandisk issue

Post by Hermskii » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:08 pm

I'm running Windows XP Pro. I have a single hard drive in the machine and I completely know how to run a chkdsk on it and go into the event viewer and see the results of scandisk whenever I run it.

Here is the tricky question. I have another drive that I want to start to use in a different computer. I want to test it first before I install an OS on it. I have slaved the drive in my main PC and can view it properly. I ran scandisk on it. I was not there at the end of scandisk so I did not see the results. It ran it while I was still in Windows but I walked away because it was taking so long. I got back and it said it was done. It showed no other results. Here is the question:

Where can I see the results of a scandisk I ran on a drive that was a slave and did not have to schedule to run the test. It ran the whole scandisk inside windows live environment.

Test this yourself if you have 2 drives in your PC. Open My Computer. Right click on your second drive. Select Properties, Tools, Under error-checking select Check Now, put checks in the 2 boxes they offer and click start. When it is done, tell me how your determined your results. They are not in the event viewer.

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Figured it out

Post by Hermskii » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:42 pm

I figured it out:

Select Start
Select Run
Type in: chkdsk/r G:

In this case, my drive that needed to be checked was drive G:

The switch of /r means to not only fix bad sectors but repair bad blocks as well.
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WINDOWS XP?

Post by HELL$N|PER » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:44 pm

Windows XP?

HELL$N|PER

PRO?!

Post by HELL$N|PER » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:44 pm

Pro?!

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Re: PRO?!

Post by Hook » Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:23 am

HELL$N|PER wrote:Pro?!
Windows XP Professional version.
Home version is fine for most peeps.
Pro comes with a lot of baggage that is not needed for the most part on a home system.
BUT - with Hermskii, he probably DOES use the Pro's extras!! :P :wink:
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