Vista Scan Disc ?

Hi...I have Vista Premium....what happened to Scan Disc and is there an
equivalent operation in Vista ?
"Walt"

Hi Janus,

Scandisk was a Win9x drive tool. Vista, like XP and 2000, is an NT system
and they use chkdsk. You will find it (error checking) on the tools tab of
the drive's properties.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"janus" <> wrote in message
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> Hi...I have Vista Premium....what happened to Scan Disc and is there an
> equivalent operation in Vista ?
> "Walt"

ScanDisk doesn't exist in Vista (or XP for that matter). You now need to use
the 'chkdsk' command. You can either do this from the drive properties,
click the tools tab and then select error checking, or you can run chkdsk
directly from the command prompt. With the command prompt you do need to be
in 'elevated' mode to run chkdsk. To run the command prompt in elevated mode
right click on the command prompt and select 'run as administrator'.

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Windows - Shell/User

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"janus" <> wrote in message
news:A5E34EC4-0D98-4175-AE37-...
> Hi...I have Vista Premium....what happened to Scan Disc and is there an
> equivalent operation in Vista ?
> "Walt"

Many thanks to both of you....All ok.
"W"

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

> ScanDisk doesn't exist in Vista (or XP for that matter). You now need to use
> the 'chkdsk' command. You can either do this from the drive properties,
> click the tools tab and then select error checking, or you can run chkdsk
> directly from the command prompt. With the command prompt you do need to be
> in 'elevated' mode to run chkdsk. To run the command prompt in elevated mode
> right click on the command prompt and select 'run as administrator'.
>
> --
> John Barnett MVP
> Associate Expert
> Windows - Shell/User
>
> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>
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> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
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> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
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>
> "janus" <> wrote in message
> news:A5E34EC4-0D98-4175-AE37-...
> > Hi...I have Vista Premium....what happened to Scan Disc and is there an
> > equivalent operation in Vista ?
> > "Walt"
>
>

you're welcome!

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Windows - Shell/User

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"janus" <> wrote in message
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> Many thanks to both of you....All ok.
> "W"
>
> "John Barnett MVP" wrote:
>
>> ScanDisk doesn't exist in Vista (or XP for that matter). You now need to
>> use
>> the 'chkdsk' command. You can either do this from the drive properties,
>> click the tools tab and then select error checking, or you can run chkdsk
>> directly from the command prompt. With the command prompt you do need to
>> be
>> in 'elevated' mode to run chkdsk. To run the command prompt in elevated
>> mode
>> right click on the command prompt and select 'run as administrator'.
>>
>> --
>> John Barnett MVP
>> Associate Expert
>> Windows - Shell/User
>>
>> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
>> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>>
>> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
>> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
>> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable
>> for
>> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of
>> the
>> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
>> mail/post..
>>
>> "janus" <> wrote in message
>> news:A5E34EC4-0D98-4175-AE37-...
>> > Hi...I have Vista Premium....what happened to Scan Disc and is there an
>> > equivalent operation in Vista ?
>> > "Walt"
>>
>>