Check-disk/scan-disk utility

[Guest Rubicon]

Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK of a

drive within Windows?

I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

Regards and thanks in anticipation.

Rubicon

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[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

what's wrong with

the genuine chkdsk?

 

most third party freeware

utilize the built in

chkdsk system and

simply overlay it with

a graphical user interface.

 

but if you are curious

about a utility for disks

like chkdsk, then i

recommend acronis

disk director.

 

its not free but it

is "reliable".

--

 

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

 

"Rubicon" <rubicon@donot.reply> wrote in message

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> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK of a

> drive within Windows?

> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

> Rubicon

> ---------

>

>

>

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

On Tue, 27 May 2008 13:32:16 -0700, "Rubicon" <rubicon@donot.reply>

wrote:

>Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK of a

>drive within Windows?

 

Got Google?

>I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

>Regards and thanks in anticipation.

>Rubicon

>---------

>

>

[Guest ju.c]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

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Download: http://www.paehl.de/checkdisk.zip

 

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ju.c

 

 

"Rubicon" <rubicon@donot.reply> wrote in message news:#sLYDjDwIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK of a

> drive within Windows?

> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

> Rubicon

> ---------

>

>

>

[Guest Pete Puma]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

Rubicon wrote:

> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK of

> a drive within Windows?

> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

> Rubicon

> ---------

 

You used to be able to attack the drive, live, in ye olden days of Windows

98.

XP requires a complete unmounting of the drive, so you need to (and tell me

if you know how to do this) set up something on a USB key that will boot,

see SATA drives and USB drives, and attack the OS. Repeatedly until the

errors disappear, which often takes many repairs.

Or do it from a boot CD the slow way or a boot-slipstreamed disk.

 

I'd LOVE to do this in command-line from a USB drive.

Anyone know how?

 

--

All syllogisms have three parts, therefore this is not a syllogism.

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

The simplest way to get a Chkdsk capability from outside Windows

is with a Bart's PE boot disk. You could always create a bootable

USB Thumb drive ( 9X/ME ) and use a Dos Mode NTFS driver but

that's a lot of work. The Bart's PE disk is faster to boot than using a

XP CD to boot the Recovery Console. I've had a good bit of success

running a Chkdsk on a Windows volume with the PE disk.

 

"Pete Puma" <pete@puma.org> wrote in message

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> Rubicon wrote:

>

>> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK

>> of

>> a drive within Windows?

>> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

>> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

>> Rubicon

>> ---------

>

> You used to be able to attack the drive, live, in ye olden days of Windows

> 98.

> XP requires a complete unmounting of the drive, so you need to (and tell

> me

> if you know how to do this) set up something on a USB key that will boot,

> see SATA drives and USB drives, and attack the OS. Repeatedly until the

> errors disappear, which often takes many repairs.

> Or do it from a boot CD the slow way or a boot-slipstreamed disk.

>

> I'd LOVE to do this in command-line from a USB drive.

> Anyone know how?

>

> --

> All syllogisms have three parts, therefore this is not a syllogism.

>

[Guest Rubicon]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

My response at bottom:

"Rubicon" <rubicon@donot.reply> wrote in message

news:%23sLYDjDwIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK of

> a

> drive within Windows?

> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

> Rubicon

> ---------

 

 

Thanks for the informative responses. I was try out possibilities because I

recall reading/hearing somewhere that MS chkdsk is not as thorough as some

third-party utilities available.

Regards.

Rubicon

---------

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

OR running something like NTFSDOS or NTFS4DOS on a Flash drive at bootup,

which is faster than any of this.

 

R. McCarty wrote:

> The simplest way to get a Chkdsk capability from outside Windows

> is with a Bart's PE boot disk. You could always create a bootable

> USB Thumb drive ( 9X/ME ) and use a Dos Mode NTFS driver but

> that's a lot of work. The Bart's PE disk is faster to boot than using a

> XP CD to boot the Recovery Console. I've had a good bit of success

> running a Chkdsk on a Windows volume with the PE disk.

>

> "Pete Puma" <pete@puma.org> wrote in message

> news:Kyf%j.3554$QW.3258@trndny04...

>> Rubicon wrote:

>>

>>> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK

>>> of

>>> a drive within Windows?

>>> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

>>> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

>>> Rubicon

>>> ---------

>>

>> You used to be able to attack the drive, live, in ye olden days of

>> Windows

>> 98.

>> XP requires a complete unmounting of the drive, so you need to (and tell

>> me

>> if you know how to do this) set up something on a USB key that will boot,

>> see SATA drives and USB drives, and attack the OS. Repeatedly until the

>> errors disappear, which often takes many repairs.

>> Or do it from a boot CD the slow way or a boot-slipstreamed disk.

>>

>> I'd LOVE to do this in command-line from a USB drive.

>> Anyone know how?

>>

>> --

>> All syllogisms have three parts, therefore this is not a syllogism.

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

Those drivers will mount an NTFS volume, but what actual disk

utility would you add to run a drive scan ?

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

news:eXZ1vPPwIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> OR running something like NTFSDOS or NTFS4DOS on a Flash drive at bootup,

> which is faster than any of this.

>

> R. McCarty wrote:

>> The simplest way to get a Chkdsk capability from outside Windows

>> is with a Bart's PE boot disk. You could always create a bootable

>> USB Thumb drive ( 9X/ME ) and use a Dos Mode NTFS driver but

>> that's a lot of work. The Bart's PE disk is faster to boot than using a

>> XP CD to boot the Recovery Console. I've had a good bit of success

>> running a Chkdsk on a Windows volume with the PE disk.

>>

>> "Pete Puma" <pete@puma.org> wrote in message

>> news:Kyf%j.3554$QW.3258@trndny04...

>>> Rubicon wrote:

>>>

>>>> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK

>>>> of

>>>> a drive within Windows?

>>>> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

>>>> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

>>>> Rubicon

>>>> ---------

>>>

>>> You used to be able to attack the drive, live, in ye olden days of

>>> Windows

>>> 98.

>>> XP requires a complete unmounting of the drive, so you need to (and tell

>>> me

>>> if you know how to do this) set up something on a USB key that will

>>> boot,

>>> see SATA drives and USB drives, and attack the OS. Repeatedly until the

>>> errors disappear, which often takes many repairs.

>>> Or do it from a boot CD the slow way or a boot-slipstreamed disk.

>>>

>>> I'd LOVE to do this in command-line from a USB drive.

>>> Anyone know how?

>>>

>>> --

>>> All syllogisms have three parts, therefore this is not a syllogism.

>

>

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

chkdsk (or a version of it)

 

R. McCarty wrote:

> Those drivers will mount an NTFS volume, but what actual disk

> utility would you add to run a drive scan ?

>

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:eXZ1vPPwIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> OR running something like NTFSDOS or NTFS4DOS on a Flash drive at bootup,

>> which is faster than any of this.

>>

>> R. McCarty wrote:

>>> The simplest way to get a Chkdsk capability from outside Windows

>>> is with a Bart's PE boot disk. You could always create a bootable

>>> USB Thumb drive ( 9X/ME ) and use a Dos Mode NTFS driver but

>>> that's a lot of work. The Bart's PE disk is faster to boot than using a

>>> XP CD to boot the Recovery Console. I've had a good bit of success

>>> running a Chkdsk on a Windows volume with the PE disk.

>>>

>>> "Pete Puma" <pete@puma.org> wrote in message

>>> news:Kyf%j.3554$QW.3258@trndny04...

>>>> Rubicon wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a

>>>>> CHKDSK

>>>>> of

>>>>> a drive within Windows?

>>>>> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

>>>>> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

>>>>> Rubicon

>>>>> ---------

>>>>

>>>> You used to be able to attack the drive, live, in ye olden days of

>>>> Windows

>>>> 98.

>>>> XP requires a complete unmounting of the drive, so you need to (and

>>>> tell

>>>> me

>>>> if you know how to do this) set up something on a USB key that will

>>>> boot,

>>>> see SATA drives and USB drives, and attack the OS. Repeatedly until the

>>>> errors disappear, which often takes many repairs.

>>>> Or do it from a boot CD the slow way or a boot-slipstreamed disk.

>>>>

>>>> I'd LOVE to do this in command-line from a USB drive.

>>>> Anyone know how?

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>> All syllogisms have three parts, therefore this is not a syllogism.

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

Just curious if copying the native Chkdsk.Exe would run in a 9X

or ME boot environment. Always thought a NT compiled Exe

would not invoke from those earlier OS'es.

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

news:eLeN2dPwIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> chkdsk (or a version of it)

>

> R. McCarty wrote:

>> Those drivers will mount an NTFS volume, but what actual disk

>> utility would you add to run a drive scan ?

>>

>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>> news:eXZ1vPPwIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> OR running something like NTFSDOS or NTFS4DOS on a Flash drive at

>>> bootup,

>>> which is faster than any of this.

>>>

>>> R. McCarty wrote:

>>>> The simplest way to get a Chkdsk capability from outside Windows

>>>> is with a Bart's PE boot disk. You could always create a bootable

>>>> USB Thumb drive ( 9X/ME ) and use a Dos Mode NTFS driver but

>>>> that's a lot of work. The Bart's PE disk is faster to boot than using a

>>>> XP CD to boot the Recovery Console. I've had a good bit of success

>>>> running a Chkdsk on a Windows volume with the PE disk.

>>>>

>>>> "Pete Puma" <pete@puma.org> wrote in message

>>>> news:Kyf%j.3554$QW.3258@trndny04...

>>>>> Rubicon wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a

>>>>>> CHKDSK

>>>>>> of

>>>>>> a drive within Windows?

>>>>>> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

>>>>>> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

>>>>>> Rubicon

>>>>>> ---------

>>>>>

>>>>> You used to be able to attack the drive, live, in ye olden days of

>>>>> Windows

>>>>> 98.

>>>>> XP requires a complete unmounting of the drive, so you need to (and

>>>>> tell

>>>>> me

>>>>> if you know how to do this) set up something on a USB key that will

>>>>> boot,

>>>>> see SATA drives and USB drives, and attack the OS. Repeatedly until

>>>>> the

>>>>> errors disappear, which often takes many repairs.

>>>>> Or do it from a boot CD the slow way or a boot-slipstreamed disk.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'd LOVE to do this in command-line from a USB drive.

>>>>> Anyone know how?

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>> All syllogisms have three parts, therefore this is not a syllogism.

>

>

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

Well, it may not have been the native version. Some of these programs

come with their own version.

 

R. McCarty wrote:

> Just curious if copying the native Chkdsk.Exe would run in a 9X

> or ME boot environment. Always thought a NT compiled Exe

> would not invoke from those earlier OS'es.

>

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:eLeN2dPwIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> chkdsk (or a version of it)

>>

>> R. McCarty wrote:

>>> Those drivers will mount an NTFS volume, but what actual disk

>>> utility would you add to run a drive scan ?

>>>

>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>>> news:eXZ1vPPwIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> OR running something like NTFSDOS or NTFS4DOS on a Flash drive at

>>>> bootup,

>>>> which is faster than any of this.

>>>>

>>>> R. McCarty wrote:

>>>>> The simplest way to get a Chkdsk capability from outside Windows

>>>>> is with a Bart's PE boot disk. You could always create a bootable

>>>>> USB Thumb drive ( 9X/ME ) and use a Dos Mode NTFS driver but

>>>>> that's a lot of work. The Bart's PE disk is faster to boot than using

>>>>> a

>>>>> XP CD to boot the Recovery Console. I've had a good bit of success

>>>>> running a Chkdsk on a Windows volume with the PE disk.

>>>>>

>>>>> "Pete Puma" <pete@puma.org> wrote in message

>>>>> news:Kyf%j.3554$QW.3258@trndny04...

>>>>>> Rubicon wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a

>>>>>>> CHKDSK

>>>>>>> of

>>>>>>> a drive within Windows?

>>>>>>> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

>>>>>>> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

>>>>>>> Rubicon

>>>>>>> ---------

>>>>>>

>>>>>> You used to be able to attack the drive, live, in ye olden days of

>>>>>> Windows

>>>>>> 98.

>>>>>> XP requires a complete unmounting of the drive, so you need to (and

>>>>>> tell

>>>>>> me

>>>>>> if you know how to do this) set up something on a USB key that will

>>>>>> boot,

>>>>>> see SATA drives and USB drives, and attack the OS. Repeatedly until

>>>>>> the

>>>>>> errors disappear, which often takes many repairs.

>>>>>> Or do it from a boot CD the slow way or a boot-slipstreamed disk.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I'd LOVE to do this in command-line from a USB drive.

>>>>>> Anyone know how?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> --

>>>>>> All syllogisms have three parts, therefore this is not a syllogism.

[Guest ju.c]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

Oh, from a Boot CD or a Flash Drive?

 

Datapol's NTFS4DOS

http://www.vetusware.com/download/NTFS4DOS/?id=214

 

Boot Disk Utility to read/write NTFS partitions & Flash memory devices.

 

Contents of:

"Datapol NTFS4DOS USB flash Cdrom Mouse.IMZ"

 

To extract an imz image file:

http://www.winimage.com/

 

AUTOEXEC.BAT

CHKDSK.EXE

CHKDSKG.EXE

COMMAND.COM

CONFIG.BAK

CONFIG.SYS

DFRGNTFS.EXE

di1000dd.sys

DOSKEY.COM

EMM386.EXE

HIMEM.SYS

IO.SYS

LICENSE.DAT

LNGINTL.DAT

MSCDEX.EXE

MSDOS.SYS

NTFS4DOS.EXE

OAKCDROM.SYS

SMARTDRV.EXE

TRMOUSE.COM

USBASPI.SYS

VIDE-CDD.SYS

VTMODE.COM

 

 

ju.c

 

 

 

"Rubicon" <rubicon@donot.reply> wrote in message news:#GSrWkOwIHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> My response at bottom:

> "Rubicon" <rubicon@donot.reply> wrote in message

> news:%23sLYDjDwIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Is there any third-party (freeware a plus) utility that can do a CHKDSK of

>> a

>> drive within Windows?

>> I am thinking in lines of the old DiskDoctor from Norton.

>> Regards and thanks in anticipation.

>> Rubicon

>> ---------

>

>

> Thanks for the informative responses. I was try out possibilities because I

> recall reading/hearing somewhere that MS chkdsk is not as thorough as some

> third-party utilities available.

> Regards.

> Rubicon

> ---------

>

>

[Guest Pete Puma]

Re: Check-disk/scan-disk utility

 

Thanks guys, appreciate the posts.

I'll do some experimenting... right now the sum total of my XP and heavy

experimentation leads me to believe strongly in running chkdsk until it

smooths out the wrinkles and reports correctly before doing an install or

something important like video capture. No registry toys anymore--been

there...

 

Between chkdsk, the very occasional sfc /scannow and installing only with

every non- MS applet turned off, I have a 5 year old P4 3.0 system that's

booting XP in 21 secs or so. And X-tremely stable.

 

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