Re: Scandisk vs. CHKDSK

David

Are you recommending run the Windows 98 Scandisk in Windows XP?

Wouldn't the computer need to be dual booting and not NTFS formatted? Can you install the Windows 98 Scandisk on to a Windows XP box?

The point I was making was that the chkdsk user interface in Windows XP needs a total makeover!

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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message news:etyu76V3FHA.128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is from my reference to scandisk at www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/winprogs.html
It shows the difference between Scandisk for Dos and Scandisk for Windows. Without knowing how Chkdsk fixes disks (dos or windows fashion) I hypothsis that it may be better to use this to rescue a disk.
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"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:usJM3OV3FHA.3976@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Bruce

IMO scandisk had a better user interface than chkdsk.

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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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