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   Auric__ to knuttle   
   Re: reformat   
   25 Feb 11 16:01:04   
   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:53:53 GMT, "knuttle" wrote:   
      
   > On 2/24/2011 2:07 PM, Auric__ wrote:   
   >   
   >> Whatever checks you tell it to do are only done to the partition you   
   >> tell it to check. By default, chkdsk (or Disk Properties ->  Tools ->   
   >> Check Now) looks for file system errors *only*. To check the physical   
   >> disk, run 'chkdsk /R' (or check "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad   
   >> sectors" in the GUI version).   
   >>   
   >> Be warned, physical checks usually take a much longer time than jsut   
   >> checking the file system.   
   >   
   > I am running the check disk (Window XP SP3) from the Properties of the   
   > disk (Right click of the disk icon) with fix file system errors and   
   > attempt to recover bad sector checked.   
   >   
   > I beleive this is the same as chkdsk /r   
      
   Yes, that's pretty much what I said. :-)   
      
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