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Hi there... Well I do have NTFS and it does indeed go through 5 phases.
Doesn't matter. I will do as ya'll said and not do it very often. I just knew
it did 5 about a month or so ago and then it suddenly did 3. That was my
only concern ---- I just thought something was wrong with it. But I do
appreciate all the info. Harriet
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<<< Well.. I just changed it Rick, cause I wanted to see if it did the 5.>>>>
Hi,
i am not sure how you managed this because, info. at microsoft and other
site say that this will depend on the file system on your hdd. in other words w
hether your hard drive is formatted with NTFS OR FAT32.
if NTFS then, chkdsk will go through 3 phases but if FAT 32 then (possibly)
5 phases.
the following microsoft and another link has a lot of details in case you
are inclined to know more
(1) http://tinyurl.com/246q4n (microsoft KB link) incidentaly there is a
"download" of a "guide" in this link to perform chkdsk and so you can simply
download this guide and test)
(2) http://tinyurl.com/2bx398
so.... it will surely be good to know how you accomplished this!
in the final analysis however, as pointed out by Dean Kukral, it should'nt
really matter because, if there is a problem with your drive then the test
will not complete itself no matter in how many phases it checks. i am saying
this with certainty because, otherwise microsoft wouldn't have devised the
test to be dependent on the file system.
so.... are you having/ suspecting something amiss???
HTH and good luck----Venkat
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