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How to Perform Hard Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
The Scandisk command is not available in Windows XP.
Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk drive that you want to check.
Click Properties, and then click Tools.
Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
Click Start.

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