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General questions and answers regarding
Microsoft scandisk.
Issue:General questions and answers regarding Microsoft scandisk.
Answers:
Below is a listing of general questions and answers commonly
asked regarding Microsoft scandisk, additional help and information
about scandisk can also be found on the scandisk
page.
How often should I run
scandisk?
This is a commonly asked question with a difficult answer as
every computer and computer user is different. We generally
recommend that scandisk be ran at least once every 2-3 months. If
you are experiencing issues with the hard disk drive we recommend
that it be ran more frequently to ensure that sections of the hard
disk drive are not becoming corrupted.
Will running
scandisk a lot cause physical
problems?
Scandisk is a software utility designed to look at the data integrity
like any other software application and
if needed makes changes to the data on the hard disk drive.
Scandisk will not cause any physical problems to the hard disk
drive regardless of how many times it is ran.
Which versions of Microsoft Windows have
scandisk?
Scandisk was first introduced in MS-DOS
6.2 and was also in MS-DOS
6.21 and 6.22. Users
who had these versions
of MS-DOS with Windows
3.11 could also run
scandisk. Scandisk was also available in Microsoft Windows
95, Windows 98, Windows
ME, Windows 2000, and Windows
XP. Although each version of Windows has their own version of
scandisk because of the different file
systems
and properties of the operating systems.
How do I run Windows scandisk?
Additional information about scandisk as well as how to run it
can be found on our scandisk
help page.
Other problems with scandisk.
If you have other questions or problems with scandisk please
refer to our scandisk help page.
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