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by compserv 1 view

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Hey I have looked for programs that can do this without booting to windows. I have found a disk called Active NTFS that allows you to boot to a dos envroment and look at and copy folders and files.

But no I need one better. I want to find a disk that you can run scandisk from a DOS enviroment. Can anyone point me in the way in which I need to go to find this.

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by gralfus

ERD Commander is one of my favorites. It is from
www.winternals.com
It gives you a windows-like environment, but is all from CD, so you can run a DOS window and do what you want.

by pctech

You can also boot the computer to "Safemode with command prompt". This is a 32 bit environment without any background apps running. This will allow you to run dergag by changing to C:\Windows\System32 (by default) and running defrag.exe. The syntax will be:
defrag [-a] [-f] [-v] [-?]
volume drive letter or mount point
-a analyze only
-f force defragmentaion even if free space is low
-v verbose output
-? the help menu

I hope this helps you.

by pctech

OK, now that I reread your question and got you through an asked for defrag. The same principle applies for running scandisk.
Let me see, ... where was that remedial reading course?

by compserv

Im talking bout if a hd has bead sectors, causing probs booting to XP period. I need a stand alone item like a floopy/CD

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