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How to Perform Scandisk in Windows

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Article ID:156571
Last Review:May 7, 2007
Revision:2.3
This article was previously published under Q156571
For a Microsoft Windows XP version of this article, see 315265 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/EN-US/).

SUMMARY

After you install Windows, the scandisk command is not displayed in the System tools folder.

WORKAROUND

To check the hard disk drive integrity in Windows:
1.Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk drive you want to check.
2.Click Properties, and then click Tools.
3.In Error-checking, click Check Now.
APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
•Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
•Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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