Other names | ScanDisk |
---|---|
Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Initial release | 1993 |
Operating system | MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows 9x |
Type | Utility software |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
Microsoft ScanDisk (also called ScanDisk) is a diagnostic utility program included in MS-DOS and Windows 9x. It checks and repairs file systems errors on a disk drive, while the system starts.
The program was first introduced in MS-DOS 6.2
[1] and succeeded its simpler predecessor,
CHKDSK
. It included a more user-friendly interface than CHKDSK
, more configuration options,
[2]
[3] and the ability to detect and (if possible) recover from physical errors on the disk. This replaced and improved upon the limited ability offered by the MS-DOS
recover
utility.
[4] Unlike CHKDSK
, ScanDisk would also repair crosslinked files.
[5]
In Windows 95 onwards, ScanDisk also had a graphical user interface, although the text-based user interface continued to be available for use in single-tasking ("DOS") mode. [6] [7]
However, ScanDisk cannot check
NTFS disk drives, and therefore it is unavailable for computers that may be running
NT based (including
Windows 2000,
Windows XP, etc.) versions of Windows; for the purpose, a newer CHKDSK
is provided instead.
On
Unix-like systems, there are tools like fsck_msdosfs
[8] and dosfsck
to do the same task.
If you are running MS-DOS 6.2 or later, run ScanDisk, instead of [~snip~]
Other names | ScanDisk |
---|---|
Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Initial release | 1993 |
Operating system | MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows 9x |
Type | Utility software |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
Microsoft ScanDisk (also called ScanDisk) is a diagnostic utility program included in MS-DOS and Windows 9x. It checks and repairs file systems errors on a disk drive, while the system starts.
The program was first introduced in MS-DOS 6.2
[1] and succeeded its simpler predecessor,
CHKDSK
. It included a more user-friendly interface than CHKDSK
, more configuration options,
[2]
[3] and the ability to detect and (if possible) recover from physical errors on the disk. This replaced and improved upon the limited ability offered by the MS-DOS
recover
utility.
[4] Unlike CHKDSK
, ScanDisk would also repair crosslinked files.
[5]
In Windows 95 onwards, ScanDisk also had a graphical user interface, although the text-based user interface continued to be available for use in single-tasking ("DOS") mode. [6] [7]
However, ScanDisk cannot check
NTFS disk drives, and therefore it is unavailable for computers that may be running
NT based (including
Windows 2000,
Windows XP, etc.) versions of Windows; for the purpose, a newer CHKDSK
is provided instead.
On
Unix-like systems, there are tools like fsck_msdosfs
[8] and dosfsck
to do the same task.
If you are running MS-DOS 6.2 or later, run ScanDisk, instead of [~snip~]