Scandisk is not a part of Windows XP - instead you get
the improved CHKDSK. You can use the Error-checking
tool to check for file system errors and bad sectors
on your hard disk.
1: Open My Computer, and then select the local disk
you want to check.
2: On the File menu, click Properties.
3: On the Tools tab, under Error-checking, click Check
Now.
4: Under Check disk options, select the Scan for and
attempt recovery of bad sectors check box.
· All files must be closed for this process to
run. If the volume is currently in use, a message box
will appear prompting you to indicate whether or not
you want to reschedule the disk checking for the next
time you restart your system. Then, the next time you
restart your system, disk checking will run. Your volume
will not be available to perform other tasks while this
process is running.
· If your volume is formatted as NTFS, Windows
automatically logs all file transactions, replaces bad
clusters, and stores copies of key information for all
files on the NTFS volume.
