Prevent file corruption problems Intended For Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 Run Scandisk (scandskw.exe in Windows 95/98/Me, or chkdsk.exe in Windows 2000/XP) whenever you suspect a problem. This includes if the system crashes whenever you try to perform a particular action, and if a particular program or driver refuses to load. It's also good practice to run Scandisk and the Disk Defragmenter (Windows 95/98/Me only) after a serious crash of any kind, as well as on a regular basis (such as at the end of the week). Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Sheila Booth: Sunday, August 19, 2001) [Windows ME] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Bill Chase: Monday, September 3, 2001) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Tom Kelly: Friday, October 5, 2001) [Windows 95] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (M J, Shenk: Wednesday, November 14, 2001) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (phil bourassa: Monday, November 19, 2001) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (hal: Saturday, March 23, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Freda: Sunday, May 5, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Paul: Friday, October 4, 2002) [Windows 98] I cannot delete a file-so I can't uninstall a program! (dad: Thursday, November 7, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Cheryl: Tuesday, January 28, 2003) [Windows 98] My computer keeps telling me of CAB file being corrupted (Nick Oyem: Monday, February 10, 2003) [Windows 98] My windows 98 have problem (Erold Fucien: Wednesday, February 26, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (S.Venkatarama Iyer: Saturday, March 15, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Charles: Sunday, March 30, 2003) [Windows 95] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Angie: Tuesday, April 22, 2003) [Windows Me] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Jean: Friday, July 11, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Maryellen: Saturday, August 9, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Mike Skinner: Monday, August 11, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (kas: Thursday, August 14, 2003) [Windows XP] Question chkdsk and firewall (Steve: Monday, August 18, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Ashley: Monday, January 24, 2005) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (sunder: Saturday, March 5, 2005) [Windows XP] When I schedule chkdsk to run on startup, it doesn't (Michele: Saturday, July 30, 2005) [Windows 98] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (gemma: Thursday, September 8, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Wazmo: Sunday, July 8, 2007) [Windows XP] Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems' (Gary Moss: Saturday, January 5, 2008) Return to "Troubleshooting"