I want to run scandisk but its not on my windows xp computer . Can I download it?

Answer 1

Scandisk MUST be on your WindowsXP!!! Every XP has it...

Well, it's not in Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools... Here are some ways to find it from the most complex to the easiest:
This one took some real thought over at the Microsoft campus on how to make things simple... Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management, Storage, right-click the Volume, Tools, Options, Check Now button, Select Options, Start.

Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer (right where it is really handy!), Expand My computer, right-click the drive, Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.

Start, right-click My Computer, Manage, Storage, Disk Management, right-click the Volume, Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.

Double-click My computer on the Desktop (or Start, My Computer), select drive, File, Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.

My Computer, right-click the drive, Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.

You may be prompted to restart Windows before it will run.
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Answer 2

Most of the above people are correct in saying that Windows XP does NOT use scandisk anymore. Basically, between Windows Defragment & Checkdisk, the Scandisk function is defunct (not needed).

Windows CHKDSK, will automatically kick into action if your computer has what it terms as a major crash. Basically, you would get the EVIL BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!, and when Windows reboots, you would see white writing, checking the indexes and sectors of your hard disk.

To manually run this, which is a useful function and I do this once per week, one important factor was left out of the replies above.

Click START.
Click RUN.

Or

Press the WINDOWS KEY & R.

Doing either of these will give you the run dialogue box.

Type in this: CHKDSK

But heres the part people missed. Typing CHKDSK on its own, will only check the disk for errors. It wont actually do anything about them.

Instead, add /f to the end. So, in the RUN box, type this CHKDSK /F (make sure you put a space between the K and the /.

This will bring up a black DOS box, and say Windows cannot run this function now, because other processes are in use. Or something to that affect.

It will ask you if you want to run chkdsk at time of next start up.

Press Y, and you might have to press ENTER.

Then restart your computer.

It will reboot, and go through an indepth check of your disk, and if it finds any errors it will automatically correct them.

BRILLIANT!!!!!

Answer 3

XP and Win2K don't include the DOS SCANDISK utility. However, you can perform the same task using XP's and Win2K's Error Checking feature. To access this feature, perform the following steps:

Open Windows Explorer.
Right-click the drive you want to check, and select Properties from the context menu.
Select the Tools tab.
Under Error Checking, click Check Now.

If you want the scan to automatically attempt to make repairs or check the disk for bad sectors, select those options and click Start.

regards,
Philip T

Answer 4

scandisk is a built in option on xp,but its called error check instead
click my computer and then right click local disk,then go to the tools option and click error check,you should also tick the box for fix errors,so if any are found they will be repaired
you will then get a message that the scan will be done on the next restart,just click yes
now restart your p.c and after the boot screen has finished you will see the error check screen
once this has finished it will restart again and then load windows normally,if any errors were found they will of been repaired
alternatively you can go to programs>accessories>command prompt>and type chkdsk but the first method is alot easier
good luck

Answer 5

Windows XP doesn't use scandisk. There is a feature called chkdisk, but that's only in case of a disk failure and you are using the Recovery Console. What XP uses is disk defragmenter or defragger. If there is a bad sector on the disk, defragger will find it and notify you. You can then run the Recovery Console, if needed.

You can use Windows' defragger, or there is one much better: Auslogics Disk Defrag, twice as fast and much smoother without all the stopping and starting that Windows does. It's free, and a quick download.
http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/

Answer 6

press the START button and select RUN and type in chkdsk then press return it should start scandisk

Answer 7

Short and sweet !
Start/run/chkdsk

OR
My computer
C:
Properties.
Tools
error checking.
BTW do a disk clean up also.

Answer 8

Open a dos box and run it there