From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 15 18:59:48 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16342106564A for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:59:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E97558FC15 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:59:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from segfault-nmh-helo.tristatelogic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B92475083D for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:59:47 -0700 (PDT) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <5002B996.2000603@cran.org.uk> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:59:47 -0700 Message-ID: <64396.1342378787@tristatelogic.com> From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Subject: Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:59:48 -0000 In message <5002B996.2000603@cran.org.uk>, Bruce Cran wrote: >On 15/07/2012 09:56, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> but, in spite of some fanatics here my get worried, i do recommend use >> windoze scandisk. > >I'd forgotten about scandisk - for modern Windows (XP and newer) you'll >want to use chkdsk ( e.g. 'chkdsk /F C:' ). Thank you. I had considered maybe using scandisk/chkdsk, but I loath turning on my one and only Windoze system unless I have to. (Mostly I keep it turned off so that its inherently evil aura will not accidently leak out and perhaps contaminate any of my other equipment.)