Hayley,

The "Scan Disk" command cannot be run within windows. To use scan disk
you have to use the recovery console in your WinXP CD.  But you can
repair errors while in windows by doing this:

    "Detecting and repairing disk errors:

    You can use the Error-checking tool to check for file system errors
    and bad sectors on your hard disk.

       1. Open My Computer, and then select the local disk you want to
    check.
       2. On the File menu, click Properties.
       3. On the Tools tab, under Error-checking, click Check Now.
       4. Under Check disk options, select the Scan for and attempt
    recovery of bad sectors check box.

     Notes:

        * To open My Computer, double-click the My Computer icon on the
    desktop.
        * All files must be closed for this process to run. If the
    volume is currently in use, a message box will appear prompting you
    to indicate whether or not you want to reschedule the disk checking
    for the next time you restart your system. Then, the next time you
    restart your system, disk checking will run. Your volume will not be
    available to perform other tasks while this process is running.
        * If your volume is formatted as NTFS, Windows automatically
    logs all file transactions, replaces bad clusters, and stores copies
    of key information for all files on the NTFS volume."


Also you can run your disk defragmenter by going to your Windows
directory and navigating to the system 32 directory and locating the
file "dfrg.msc" (disk defragmenter) and run it, which may improve
performance.

John



Hayley wrote:

>I have just recently gotten a new pc with XP home.  I know on the older pcs you could scan the disk and data files for errors and fix them.  I have been unable to find this feature on XP.  Could someone please help me as this last week my pc has been slow and unresponsive.
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