How do you run a scandisk?

Answer 1

Here is the correct way to run scandisk, it's actually checkdisk in newer versions of windows.

1. Click Start > Run...
2. Type chkdsk then press enter.

Good Luck!

Actually mrresearchman suggested wrong to you. In order to "repair" the disk you need to type: chkdsk /r

That's if any problems were found :)

Answer 2

In Windows98:

Start
Programs
Accessories
System Tools
Run a Disk Cleanup, scandisk, and defrag

In WindowsXP:

Open My Computer
right-click on c:
cl Properties
cl Tools
Run an Error Check, defrag, etc.

Suggest you run all in Safe Mode otherwise programs running in the background will interfere.

Answer 3

If running windows xp, i believe do this

Go;
Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disk Defragmenter...thennn click Analise

Answer 4

*IF* you just type chkdsk as "Save A Horse" suggest it only CHECKS for errors on your drive. it does NOT FIX any it may find!

You have to add /f to "tell" chkdsk to FIX any errors it finds

So you need to type

chkdsk /f (NOTE the SPACE between the k and the /