Hi,
I'm learning how to use MS-DOS, but I need to fix a problem and I need to do a scandisk....the pc is running Windows 2000 profesional

the following are the steps that I'm doing to do scandisk...

restare my pc...press F8 next I choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Then I got this... D:\Documents and Settings\ my name > if I type scandisk/p at
the end of the syntex I get this message...Scandisk is not recognized as an internal
or external command, operable program or batch file.

What am I doing wrong ? Help please!!!

can anybody explain me the procedure of how to do a Scandisk to fix errors.

Thank you have u try typing....CHKDSK


I type chkdsk /p and I get this message...Invalid parameter - /p

1. No such thing as scandisk that I know of.

2.
Checks a disk and displays a status report.


CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]


volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
filename FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the FILES to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file
on the disk.
On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
(implies /F).
/L:size NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the SPECIFIED number
of KILOBYTES. If size is not specified, displays current
size.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
(implies /F).
/I NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C NTFS only: SKIPS checking of cycles within the folder
structure.

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.

Therefore, there is no such thing as chkdsk /pyes scandisk was the disk checking utility for the older Win9x based systems. Chkdsk is the scandisk equivalent on 2000/XP/VistaQuote from: Dark Blade on September 02, 2007, 01:41:55 AM

1. No such thing as scandisk that I know of.

2.
Checks a disk and displays a status report.


CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]


volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
filename FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file
on the disk.
On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
(implies /F).
/L:size NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number
of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current
size.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
(implies /F).
/I NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder
structure.

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.

Therefore, there is no such thing as chkdsk /p

yes scandisk was the disk checking utility for the older Win9x based systems. Chkdsk is the scandisk equivalent on 2000/XP/Vista