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Old 02-24-2010, 03:23 PM   #1
codeman1234
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Question fsck command?


Hello folks,

I got a Fat32 Extern Hard Drive and I would like to do a defrag and a scandisk on it with fsck?

Can any one tell me what is the command to do it? I could not find it on google, hope you can help!!


Cheers!!
 
Old 02-24-2010, 03:38 PM   #2
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Code:
apropos fat
#output of command#
apropos fat32
#output of command#
apropos fsck
Be sure that you have the tools for reading and writing fat volumes.
 
Old 02-24-2010, 06:06 PM   #3
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