Norton DiskDoctor relies on the CHKDSK utility of WinXP to do the checking.
CHKDSK does a check of your indexes and data area, and optionally, your
unused area. Best way to do this is to schedule a check on next bootup. Get
to a cmd prompt and type CHKDSK /? to get information on the options.

Peter
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The NoSpin Group
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> -----Original Message-----
> I'm guessing that this has to do with NTFS not wanting
> anything messing with
> the data stored using it, but is this best that can be done
> under these
> circumstances?  Does this mean it's probably not a good idea
> to run a DOS
> based surface scanning utility on a NTFS drive, such as by
> using a bootable
> drive manufacturer's utility disk?

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