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re: XP works
Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 8:55 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ray B
(393 messages posted)
Surprised me, but the XP help says that Scandisk is not supported in XP, but that
CHKDSK is the function to use. For parameters, search for CHKDSK in your Help area,
but you can use it by entering CHKDSK in your RUN option on the START menu.
--Ray
On Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 7:10 am, Water wrote:
>I am trying to find the system scandisk on this system. Any suggestions.
>
>On Monday, November 19, 2001 at 8:42 pm, Ray Bacon wrote:
>For about a week now I've been reading of the various problems folks have been having
>with XP. While I won't minimize the seriousness of some of these problems, this
>hasn't been my experience.
>
>I did an upgrade of XP-Pro over Millennium (AMD-500, ASUS MB) and all my stuff worked
>after the upgrade (except I did uninstall Nortons and Roxio, then reinstalled them).
>
>I then did a reformat of a P-166 system (74 mb ram), and did a clean install of
>XP
>-- worked fine!
>
>I know that I probably have better patience than many, but the upgrade and clean
>install were just really smooth for me.
>
>Having used DOS, Win3.1, Win95, Win98, Mill, and MVC mainframe programming, I'm
>predisposed
>to expect wrinkles, but I find no particular annoyances with XP.
>
>I would be suspicious of new machines with XP preloaded, because I don't trust other
>people's images, and there is an adjustment required when migrating legacy components
>and apps, but these can be worked through.
>
>Anyway, those of you who are frustrated with XP in some way or another, HANG IN
>THERE!
- Written in response to:
- re: XP works (Water: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 7:10 am)
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