Scandisk

Runs the ScanDisk disk-repair program.

Syntax

To check and repair the current drive:
SCANDISK

To check and repair a drive:
SCANDISK [drive: | /ALL] [/CHECKONLY | /AUTOFIX [/NOSAVE]] [/SURFACE]

To check and repair an unmounted DriveSpace compressed volume file:
SCANDISK drive:\DRVSPACE.nnn [/CHECKONLY | /AUTOFIX[/NOSAVE]]

To examine a file for fragmentation:
SCANDISK /FRAGMENT [drive:]filename

To undo repairs you made previously, use the following syntax:
SCANDISK /UNDO [undodrive:]

/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.
drive	The drive to be worked on (Default is the current drive)
undodrive	The drive containing the Undo disk.
/CLIP	Shortens long file names to regular 8.3 format. (?)
/HELP	Same as /?.
/MOUNT	Mounts DriveSpace volume. Same as using "Mount=Always" in SCANDISK.INI
/NEW	?
/NOLOST	No prompt for surface scan, no check for lost clusters.
/NOUI	Uses normal DOS interface instead of Windows 95 graphical interface.
/TEXT	Same as /NOUI. (?)
/TIME	During surface scan, marks sectors that take longer than usual to read. These sectors may be on their way to failing totally. Same as using "ScanTimeOut=On" in SCANDISK.INI.

Note

1. The Dos version of Scandisk does not want to run while Win95 is running. Rather than signalling an error, it automatically transfers control to the Windows version of Scandisk.

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