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"Kenneth J. Kovler" <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:39:10 -0400
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On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Tom Turak wrote:

>
> Last, I would try putting scandisk in your autoexec.bat file with the /n /p
> parameters, which are for automatic execution and "don't fix errors".
> See "checking for errors, - in disks" on the Start, Help, Index, menu in
> windows.  Scandisk in autoexec.bat will execute earlier than scandisk in
> the windows start menu, although it doesn't fix as many errors since it
> is running under DOS.  Running scandisk before every boot may help
> you see a pattern that points to either a software or hardware reason
> your disk is getting a little scrambled.  If you start pursuing a hardware
> culprit, assume everything is a suspect.  It could be just about anything,
> but you know better than anyone what you installed or loaded last.

Tom;

I do not think you can run the scandisk with the /n /p switches from the
autoexec.bat file. These switches are only available once windows has
loaded. However running the Dos scandisk in the autoexec.bat file with the
switch scandisk c: /custom will run scandisk with custom options spelled
out in the file  scandisk.ini .

  ken

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