Re: Need disk error checker for Windows XP

"Chris F. Willoughby" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> 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?
>
>
Correct, and it will also mark the bad sectors from use.

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