How do I ScanDisk on Startup, Shutdown, and NT/2000 Login?
ScanDisk checks drives for errors. It takes awhile, particularly if Scandisk is checking the drive surface for defects which takes so long it should be done on ShutDown.
On 98 and perhaps ME there are two versions of ScanDisk, one for 16 bit startup, c:\windows\command\scandisk.exe, and one for under Windows operations, c:\windows\scandskw.exe. The two versions have different parameters which causes some confusion. Below
In Autoexec.bat, use ScanDisk. In a login script use ScanDskW. Which for a shutdown process depends on whether you are sutting to a DOS task or not.
To make the most thorough check, run
SCANDISK /ALL /SURFACE /AUTOFIX
and run it from DOS so various Windows files will not be busy. It will take forever on a 120G drive.
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------------- SCANDISK Paramaters ScanDisk may be used in Autoexec.Bat, the 16 bit scandisk. To get help enter SCANDISK /? at a DOS prompt.
/ALL Checks and repairs all local drives. /AUTOFIX Fixes damage without prompting. /CHECKONLY Checks a drive, but does not repair any damage. /CUSTOM Configures and runs ScanDisk according to SCANDISK.INI settings. /NOSAVE With /AUTOFIX, deletes lost clusters rather than saving as files. /NOSUMMARY With /CHECKONLY or /AUTOFIX, prevents ScanDisk from stopping at summary screens. /SURFACE Performs a surface scan after other checks. /MONO Configures ScanDisk for use with a monochrome display.
Default, current drive.
------------- SCANDSKW Paramaters ScanDskW may be linked to from the desktop, or run from a command prompt. To get help type F1 at the desktop and enter ScanDisk (not scandskw, snort).
/a Check all your local hard disks. /n Start and quit ScanDisk automatically. /p Prevent ScanDisk from correcting any errors it finds.
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