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In XP (and 2k for that matter) it’s called “chkdsk” and it can still be accessed by right-clicking a drive in My Computer and choosing the Tools tab. If you use the NTFS file system, it is not necessary to use chkdisk since it is a journaling file system and keeps track of everything that happens to the drive.
