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MS Scandisk (Announce)

posted by mceric, Germany, 11.01.2025, 00:04

Hi! How much RAM does scandisk need to check large FAT32 partitions?

Does this depend on how many files and directories are on the disk?

What types of problems does it check for and/or fix?

How fast is it compared to "DOSFSCK with enough RAM, no swapfile use"?

The last question is excluding surface scans. Those are a bad idea for most FAT32 disks anyway.

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Complete thread:

• MS Scandisk - fritz.mueller, 10.01.2025, 14:44 (Announce)
  • MS Scandisk - bencollver, 10.01.2025, 15:01
  • MS Scandisk - mceric, 11.01.2025, 00:04
    • MS Scandisk - fritz.mueller, 11.01.2025, 13:43
      • MS Scandisk - ecm, 11.01.2025, 14:54