Re: Check Disk

Is that a proven fact or your opinion?
"Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In news:hGETe.1288$mj1.1198@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Unknown <Unknown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
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>> OVERKILL???? Precisely why?
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> Because it's unnecessary to run it that frequently.
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>> "Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:u92gyH8sFHA.3452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> In news:11htqb0f528mrb6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>> Wayne <NOwaynerrSPAM@xxxxxxx> typed:
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>>>> I am used to using Scan Disk with Win 98SE. As I understand, Normal
>>>> Scan Disk was less physically destructive than Thorough Scan Disk.
>>>> Now I am using Check Disk for the first time. Is Check Disk
>>>> destructive enough so as not to use it once a month during my disk
>>>> maintenance duties, or is it about as safe as Normal Scan Disk is ?
>>>> Or is it somewhere in between ?
>>>
>>>
>>> First, there is no such thing as *normal* scan disk. Scandisk was the
>>> program that ran under Windows 9X versions. Chkdsk has always been
>>> the program that ran under Windows NT versions (including Windows
>>> XP). Regarding safety, they are pretty much equivalent. But running
>>> either one monthly is overkill.
>>>
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>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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