Re: Need disk error checker for Windows XP

POP wrote:
> "Chris F. Willoughby" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
> news:[email protected]...
> 
>>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 
>>news:[email protected]...
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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.
> 
> Pop
> 
> 

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you both.  I have found from 
personal experience that you can take a damaged drive, freshly re-format 
it, run chkdsk, and not find anything.  Fill it with data, run chkdsk, 
and it will locate bad sectors that never existed before.