Harriet, I don't know the number of steps, but I can say that it is not
usually necessary to perform these frequently, unless, say, you are having
problems that you suspect are disk related or your disk is almost full, so
you need a frequent defrag.
When you do the things, generally you set them in motion and go away, coming
back hours later or in the morning.
HTH
Dean
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Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Scan Disk, Chk Disk and Defrag
Well.. I just changed it Rick, cause I wanted to see if it did the 5. But
if you think it's not necessary for the 5 phases, then I can certainly
handle
the 3. I asked my daughter when she was here this week end if her's ran
through 3 or 5 and she said 5. And her computer is newer than mine, I
believe.
I only wanted to make sure, should I have any errors that it took care of
them all. Also, I asked this other friend of mine, and she runs through 5
as
well. But since I have changed mine back to 5 phases, how do I change it
back
to 3. I really hated that it takes that long to run through it, but
neither
do I want it to over look some errors either. Thanks so much for all this
information. I do appreciate it.. Harriet
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From: <CSThomas
Wait for other answers, but I think three stages are "pretty normal".
It might do more if it finds a problem, and if you have seen more stages
before on this same machine, it might be cause to investigate that further.
Rick Glazier
>I have a Dell Windows XP SP2, and when I go to do a Scan Disk, it goes
fine,
> I also check mark the Chk Disk to do it's job when the computer is
> restarted. I also do the Defrag as well. The problem I'm having is
> when
all of the
> above is done and I restart my computer to do the Chk Disk, there are
> supposed to be 5 phases it runs through to do it's job, but for some
reason, it only
> goes through 3 of them.
>
> I even tried it in Safe Mode, and it will only go through three of them.
Wh
> at could be wrong? I have no spy ware, viruses or anything like that.
> This has been going on now for the past 2 months and nothing has
> changed.
> Harriet
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