Re: Need disk error checker for Windows XP

Mike Easter wrote:
> Borgholio wrote:
> 
>>I know that XP comes with the Chkdsk program,
> 
> 
>>Any
>>other suggestions?
> 
> 
> If you want to read some scary stuff about disk integrity, you should
> read some of the 'educational' pages at Steve Gibson's SpinRite
> sections.  SpinRite ain't free and it ain't very cheap.
> 
> http://www.grc.com/sranalysis.htm  SpinRite's Surface Defect
> Detection -- Defects? . . . But Isn't My Drive PERFECT? -- So What's
> Wrong With Automatic, Internal, Defect Management? -- Okay,  So How Does
> SpinRite Help?  --  SpinRite is THE WORLD'S ONLY Non-
> Destructive Surface Defect Analysis Utility!
> 
> http://www.grc.com/srphysics.htm  SpinRite Defect Detection
> Magnetodynamics - Magnetic Storage Rocket Science -- Searching for "Weak
> Bits"  -
> 

90 bucks...no kidding it ain't cheap.  Is that the only real option?