Hi Al,

The reason this happens may be because of corrupted files, improper
shutdown or if set as scheduled task.

Some user friendly explanations are found here:
How to Use Chkdsk in Windows XP
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/chkdsk.htm

Windows XP chkdsk
http://www.updatexp.com/windows-xp-chkdsk.html

Official Microsoft links -quite in depth,but usually too complicated for
average computer user.
provided as reference only:

How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

Chkdsk
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx?mfr=true
BTW - In the sidebar on this page you can explore other features of XP

An explanation of the new /C and /I Switches that are available to use
with Chkdsk.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314835/EN-US/

Hope it will be clearer now.

Peter E.




 -------- Original Message --------
 Subject: [PCBUILD]
 From: alan smith <[log in to unmask]>
 Date: Sun, September 20, 2009 7:49 am
 To: [log in to unmask]
 
 
 I'm running XPpro sp2 with an 80Gb IDE partitioned C -20, D -27, & E
-27GB. On startup
 I get a message that one of my drives ( D ) has inconsistincies & must
run Chkdsk ?
 It goes through so fast that I can not find out what is wrong. I tried
searching C drive for
 Chkdsk, but it's not there! How can I run it so that I can read it? D
has my documents &
 I have Migrate Easy which will completely transfer everything to a new
drive including partitions. Any suggestions as to my best move? 
 Thankyou,

  Al Smith

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