1. No. (maintenance)

2. No. Analyze determines the number of fragments and number of fragmented
files so you can determine whether or not to defrag. Scandisk looks for
errors in a file system.

3. I don't recommend use of a registry cleaner. Others will quickly called
me names and urge you to use the one they think they can't live without
(they are wrong, of course).

4. Don't worry about registry compaction in XP. (more name calling to
follow).

Just a suggestion. Don't try to use XP the way you used Win9x/ME. XP
belongs to the NT branch of Windows and Win9x belongs to the DOS branch.
They are fundamentaly different in spite of the familiarity of the GUI. Let
XP show you its way rather than you forcing XP to act like Win98.

"Paradoxdb3" <Paradoxdb3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4BE6E599-E6D6-40AC-85BC-20607F16E1AD@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I'm still adjusting from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Pro SP2. I have
> three questions about XP maintainance.
> First of all, did I spell maintainance right?
> Question two: Is the analyze feature in XP's defragmenter replacing the
> Windows 98 scandisk tool?
> Lastly, does anyone have any good recommendations to good freeware
> registry
> tools (registry cleaners and registry defragmenters)?
> Okay, I know I said only three question, but this is a bonus question. Is
> there a way to compact the size of the XP registry? Does Windows XP come
> with such a tool? Thanks in advance!