I am using a Dell 4600, Windows XP Professional computer. I have a C: NTFS hard drive and a D: external, FAT 32 hard drive. I want to defragment my C: drive and eventually defragment my D; drive. However, when I clicked on "Analyze," for my C: drive in the defragmenter screen, a message box appeared, stating that, "The defragmenter was aborted due to inconsistencies in the file system. Run Chkdsk or Scandisk to repair and then use defragmenter."
1) I assume that ScanDisk is not available in Windows XP. Correct?
2) If I need to run Chkdsk, as a newbie to Windows XP, could you please provide me with step by step instructions on how to run Chkdsk to repair problems.
Thanks.
Richard

Message Edited by RichDH on 12-28-2004 09:39 PM