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MS-DOS 6.22 SCANDISK.INI File


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.22


SUMMARY

This article contains a complete listing of the MS-DOS 6.22 SCANDISK.INI file.


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; SCANDISK.INI

;

; This file contains settings you can use to customize the ScanDisk

; program.







; -------------------------------------------------------------------

; The [ENVIRONMENT] section contains the following settings, which

; determine general aspects of ScanDisk's behavior:

;

; Display      Configures ScanDisk to run with a particular type of

;              display. The default display type is Auto (ScanDisk

;              adjusts to the current display).

;

; Mouse        Enables or disables mouse support. The default value is On.

;

; ScanTimeOut  Determines whether ScanDisk should detect disk timeouts

;              while performing a surface scan. The default value is Off.

;

; NumPasses    Determines how many times ScanDisk should check each

;              cluster during a surface scan. The default value is 1.

;

; LabelCheck   Determines whether ScanDisk should check volume labels

;              for invalid characters. The default is Off.

;

; LfnCheck     Enables support for long filenames. The default value is On.

;              If LfnCheck is On, ScanDisk leaves any long filenames

;              unchanged. If LfnCheck is Off, ScanDisk validates

;              all filenames, including long filenames, to ensure that

;              they conform to the "8.3" file-naming convention used by

;              MS-DOS versions 6.22 and earlier.

;



[ENVIRONMENT]

   Display     = Auto   ; Auto, Mono, Color, Off

   Mouse       = On     ; On, Off

   ScanTimeOut = Off    ; On, Off

   NumPasses   = 1      ; 1 through 65,535 (anything over 10 is slow)

   LabelCheck  = Off    ; On, Off

   LfnCheck    = On     ; On, Off



; -------------------------------------------------------------------

; The [CUSTOM] section determines ScanDisk's behavior when ScanDisk is

; started with the /CUSTOM switch. You can adjust these settings to

; create a customized "version" of ScanDisk. This can be especially

; useful for running ScanDisk from a batch file. The [CUSTOM] settings are:

;

; DriveSummary  Determines whether ScanDisk displays full-screen

;               summary information after checking each drive.

;               The default is Auto (ScanDisk displays the summary

;               only if it encounters errors on that drive).

;

; AllSummary    Determines whether ScanDisk displays full-screen

;               summary information after checking all drives.

;               The default is Auto (ScanDisk displays the summary

;               only if it encounters errors on any drive).

;

; Surface       Determines whether ScanDisk will perform a surface scan:

;                  Never    (Default) Does not perform a surface scan.

;                  Always   Performs a surface scan without prompting

;                           first.



;                  Prompt   Prompts before performing a surface scan.

;               The /SURFACE command-line switch overrides this setting.

;

; CheckHost     Determines whether ScanDisk will first check a host drive

;               before checking any compressed drives located on that

;               drive.



;                  Never    (Default) Does not check the host drive.

;                  Always   Checks the host drive without prompting first.

;                  Prompt   Prompts before checking the host drive.

;

; SaveLog       Determines what ScanDisk does with the repair log file:

;                  Off        (Default) Does not save the repair log.

;                  Append     Appends the log to the previous log, if any.

;                  Overwrite  Replaces the previous log with the new log.

;

; Undo          Determines whether ScanDisk creates an Undo floppy disk.

;               The default is Never (ScanDisk does not create an Undo

;               disk).



;               The Prompt value causes ScanDisk to prompt you for a disk.



[CUSTOM]

   DriveSummary  = Auto         ; Auto, On, Off

   AllSummary    = Auto         ; Auto, On, Off

   Surface       = Never        ; Never, Always, Prompt

   CheckHost     = Never        ; Never, Always, Prompt

   SaveLog       = Off          ; Off, Append, Overwrite

   Undo          = Prompt       ; Prompt, Never



; The following settings determine the corrective action ScanDisk will

; take if it was started with the /CUSTOM switch and finds a disk error.



; The next five settings accept any of the following values:

;    Prompt     Causes ScanDisk to prompt you before fixing this problem.

;    Fix        Causes ScanDisk to fix the problem without prompting you.

;    Quit       Causes ScanDisk to terminate if it encounters this problem.



   DS_Header     = Prompt       ; Damaged compressed volume file header

   FAT_Media     = Prompt       ; Missing or invalid FAT media byte

   Okay_Entries  = Prompt       ; Damaged, but repairable,

                                ; directories/files



   Bad_Chain     = Prompt       ; Files or directories which should be

                                ; truncated

   Crosslinks    = Prompt       ; FAT-level crosslinks



; The next seven settings accept any of the following values:

;    Prompt     Causes ScanDisk to prompt you before fixing this problem.

;    Fix        Causes ScanDisk to fix the problem without prompting you.

;    Quit       Causes ScanDisk to terminate if it encounters this problem.

;    Skip       Causes ScanDisk to skip fixing this problem, but continue

;               checking the disk.



   Boot_Sector   = Prompt       ; Damaged boot sector on compressed drive

   Invalid_MDFAT = Prompt       ; Invalid MDFAT entries

   DS_Crosslinks = Prompt       ; Internal (MDFAT-level) crosslinks

   DS_LostClust  = Prompt       ; Internal lost clusters

   DS_Signatures = Prompt       ; Missing compressed volume file signatures

   Mismatch_FAT  = Prompt       ; Mismatched FATs on non-compressed drives

   Bad_Clusters  = Prompt       ; Physical damage or decompression errors





; The next setting accepts any of the following values:

;

;    Prompt     Causes ScanDisk to prompt you before fixing this problem.

;    Delete     Causes ScanDisk to delete the damaged directory entries

;               without prompting you first.

;    Quit       Causes ScanDisk to terminate if it encounters this problem.



   Bad_Entries   = Prompt       ; Damaged and irreparable directories or

                                ; files





; The next setting accepts any of the following values:

;

;    Prompt     Causes ScanDisk to prompt you before fixing this problem.

;    Save       Causes ScanDisk to save the lost clusters as files in the

;               root directory without prompting you first.

;    Delete     Causes ScanDisk to delete the contents of the lost clusters

;               without prompting you first.

;    Quit       Causes ScanDisk to terminate if it encounters this problem.

;    Skip       Causes ScanDisk to skip fixing this problem, but continue

;               checking the disk.



   LostClust     = Prompt       ; Lost clusters 

Additional query words: 6.22

Keywords :
Version : MS-DOS:6.22
Platform : MS-DOS
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Last Reviewed: November 16, 1999
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Article ID: Q116397

Last Reviewed:
November 16, 1999

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