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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 whether 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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