Re: Need disk error checker for Windows XP

No, you CAN scan the whole drive.. but it will most likely ask you to 
schedule it to do it on boot.  Just check the option to scan all areas of 
the disk or something like that.

Chris

"Borgholio" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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>I know that XP comes with the Chkdsk program, but I find it lacking in one 
>important area...locating bad clusters.  Scandisk for Windows 9x was able 
>to scan the entire hard drive for bad clusters (including the free space). 
>XP's Chkdsk only scans the areas that actually have data in them.  I find 
>this to be a bit stupid...to put it mildly.  I know that Norton Utilities 
>includes a disc scanner, but I don't see any way of purchasing it without 
>buying the entire Norton Systemworks package...which is a form of evil that 
>rivals even Microsoft.  Any other suggestions?