How to Perform Scandisk in Windows

Article ID: 156571 - View products that this article applies to.
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For a Microsoft Windows XP version of this article, see 315265
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/EN-US/ )
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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.

Properties

Article ID: 156571 - Last Review: May 7, 2007 - Revision: 2.3
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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