Checking Your Hard Disk
Scandisk for XP Have you ever inadvertently switched off the energy to your house computer whilst it had been occupied? If you have then you might have experienced the blue screen of death to greet you when you switched on your PC. If you didn't get the blue screen of death you might have had the XP boot options screen; sending your PC into an endlessly appearing boot screen and reboot; the system whatever option at the boot screen you choose for. Before you start thinking of formatting your pc or re-installing windows have tried the old fashioned scan disk control? Well it is no more telephone scan disk any more it is known as check disk and the command to operate it has been shortened to chkdsk followed by either a /f, /p or a /r. The /f parameter will fix errors without assessing the quantity for poor sectors, whilst the r parameter will repair errors, find bad sectors, and recover readable information. The /p switch will tell Check Disk to correct the ...