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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. :-)              --       Trying to look cool while doing uncool things.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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