SFC/scannow vs DiskCheck... What's the diff?

Are these two different programs that accomplish the same thing or they are the same, but run in different formats? I should throw them both or either one would suffice?

CHKDSK(Disk Check) scans the entire disk for clerical errors, file system errors and bad sectors. He cannot fix corrupted files, where as sfc/scannow can. (it can only difficulty file system errors or recover data if a part of your hard drive is kind of broken) http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/chkdsk
A sfc scan scans the Windows installation to find errors and can correct if you have Vista installation DVD in the DVD drive while you run an analysis (it may fix minor errors without the Vista installation DVD). http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us
I hope this helps.

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