Q105559: MS-DOS 6.2 SCANDISK.INI File
Article: Q105559
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.2,6.21
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Last Modified: 20-NOV-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.2, 6.21
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SUMMARY
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This article contains a complete listing of the MS-DOS 6.2 SCANDISK.INI file.
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; SCANDISK.INI
;
; This file contains settings you can use to customize the ScanDisk
; program.
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; 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.
[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
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; 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 DoubleSpace 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 DoubleSpace
; drive
Invalid_MDFAT = Prompt ; Invalid MDFAT entries
DS_Crosslinks = Prompt ; Internal (MDFAT-level) crosslinks
DS_LostClust = Prompt ; Internal lost clusters
DS_Signatures = Prompt ; Missing DoubleSpace volume signatures
Mismatch_FAT = Prompt ; Mismatched FATs on non-DoubleSpace
; 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 irrepairable 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: dblspace 6.20
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Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS620
Version : MS-DOS:6.2,6.21
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