Re: Scandisk vs. CHKDSK

ColTom2 wrote: 
Hi:

Yes - Prior to XP it was Scandisk and with XP it's CHKDSK.


That's incorrect. WinXP is descended from WinNT, via Win2K, neither of which ever had Scandisk. Chkdsk has always been the norm. Scandisk was used on the now defunct Win9x family of operating systems.




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