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scandisk vs chkdsk
Name: Gautam Date: April 1, 2002 at 07:30:14 Pacific
Comment:
Hi friends,
a very basic question. just wanted to know the difference between scandisk and chkdsk. both seem to me as good disk check and repair utilities from windows. however, i don't know the difference between them. is scandisk more reliable than chkdsk, pls explain and if possible give links for more info.
Not sure where to find references comparing them, but the short answer is scandisk is the newer version of chkdsk which was the original version. Scandisk is not necessarily "more reliable", but is more efficient (works better, faster).
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Response Number 2
Name: JohnT Date: April 1, 2002 at 09:14:59 Pacific
Summary: Hello, I searched high and low and can not find an answer, so here I am :) I reinstalled Windows overtop the itself to straighten out some problems and it reported that I had NO bad sectors during th...
Summary: memory warning usually don't relate to how much ram you have but page file configuration. FYI I would suggest booting up on a boot diskette and run scandisk or chkdsk /f from there. See what message ...
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