Disk Utility

[heardy5]

What is a disk utility? Please Help!!!!!

[pentachris]

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disk: 4c : a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored

utility: 4 : a program or routine designed to perform or facilitate especially routine operations (as copying files or editing text) on a computer

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[Eutychus]

There a number of different kinds of disk utility programs. Some test for certain characteristics (bad sectors, surface defects, etc.). Others are written to perform specific tasks (repair/recover corrupted files, or something mundane like copy disk contents to another disk). The term disk utility is pretty generic and has to be taken in context.

[saphalline]

The term disk utility is pretty generic and has to be taken in context.

Under that assumption and pentachris' definitions, anyone who can throw a frisbee straight could be considered a "disk utility", right? http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

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[mjc]

http://www.smorgasbord.net/ani-gifs/spatula.gif

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[sea69]

scandisk and defrag would be considered "disk utilities".

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[pentachris]

I think that spatula is my favorite "disk utility!"

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[rond36]

Some disk utilities:
Windows Explorer
Scandisk
Defrag
Format
Fdisk
Norton Ghost
Power Quest Drive Image
Power Quest Partition Magic
Power Quest Drive Maper
Western Digital Lifeguard Tools
Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro
And the list goes on and on

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How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q255867)
How to multi-boot Windows XP (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/multiboot.asp)
Microsoft Expert Zone Multi-booting made easy (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/russel/september10.asp)
MSKB How to multi-boot Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q306559)