Re: Need disk error checker for Windows XP

"Borgholio" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> POP wrote:
>> "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.
>>
>> 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.

Umm, I think I see where you're going with this, and although 
it's a good point for newbies to realize, you seem to be fishing 
for an arguement here, not asking for any actual input.  I'm 
pretty sure you know better from past posts you've made.  Sorry, 
I've no more to say to you on the subject.

Pop