modified scandisk.ini to require no interaction...

[Horizon]

...after incorrect shutdown. (But I don't know scandisk.ini is being loaded after incorrect shutdown, whether scandisk uses some kind of default settings). If it would load, please add modified one to SP. thx

here it is:

; SCANDISK.INI
;
; This file contains settings you can use to customize the ScanDisk program.
; The settings in this file do not apply when running ScanDisk in Windows 95,
; unless you are checking an unmounted compressed volume file. These settings
; will apply if you run ScanDisk from an MS-DOS prompt in single-application
; mode.
;


; -------------------------------------------------------------------
; 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     Activates Scandisk to validate Long File Names, if they exist.
;              The default is ON, to check Long File Names for problems.
;
; SpaceCheck   Determines whether ScanDisk should check for invalid spaces
;              in filenames. The default is Off.
;
; Mount        Determines whether ScanDisk will mount unmounted DoubleSpace
;              drives once it has determined they are error-free.
;

[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
   SpaceCheck  = Off   ; On, Off
   Mount       = Never ; Prompt, Always, Never

; -------------------------------------------------------------------
; 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  = Off         ; Auto, On, Off
   AllSummary    = Off         ; Auto, On, Off
   Surface       = Never       ; Never, Always, Prompt
   CheckHost     = Always      ; Never, Always, Prompt
   SaveLog       = Overwrite   ; Off, Append, Overwrite
   Undo          = Never       ; 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     = Fix      ; Damaged DoubleSpace volume file header
   FAT_Media     = Fix      ; Missing or invalid FAT media byte
   Okay_Entries  = Fix      ; Damaged, but repairable, directories/files
   Bad_Chain     = Fix      ; Files or directories which should be truncated
   Crosslinks    = Fix      ; 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   = Fix      ; Damaged boot sector on DoubleSpace drive
   FSInfo_Sector = Fix      ; Incorrect free space count
   Invalid_MDFAT = Fix      ; Invalid MDFAT entries
   DS_Crosslinks = Fix      ; Internal (MDFAT-level) crosslinks
   DS_LostClust  = Fix      ; Internal lost clusters
   DS_Signatures = Fix      ; Missing DoubleSpace volume signatures
   Mismatch_FAT  = Fix      ; Mismatched FATs on non-DoubleSpace drives
   Bad_Clusters  = Fix      ; 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   = Delete      ; 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     = Delete      ; Lost clusters

[NostraVar]

Horizon,

The 'switch' to autorun scandisk after a bad shutdown is contained inside of the file msdos.sys as follows.

[Paths]

WinDir=C:\WINDOWS

WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS

HostWinBootDrv=C

[Options]

AutoScan=2

[Dr. Mac]

Greetings.

The easiest way to do this is to use the System Configuration Utility.

In the "Start >> Run" box just type :

msconfig

The click on "OK"

On the MsConfiog box that pops up, click on the "Advanced" button.

Now, there is a check box where you can opt to have scandisk run after a badshutdown ... but if you UN-tick the box it will NOT run after a bad shutdown.

Go for it!

Dr. Mac

[Horizon]

No, no, no! I want scandisk to be exectued (after incorrect shutdown... as it's by default), but I want it do all corrections AUTOMATICALY. =without asking me. Is it clear?

[horsecharles]

Let's see:

You could both two these two things:

MS TweakUI / Boot / AutoRun Scandisk without prompting.... AND--

do a Find for scandisk.exe(i know it's in Windows\Command, but just in case you have an extra copy elsewhere & something in your Path statement causes that one to run instead) & for all copies each: right-click / Properties / Program / Cmd Line: add /autofix

related: X-Setup / Startup/Shutdown\Startup\Windows 9x/Me\30) Scandisk\ScanDisk Logging has some logging options you might use.

Hopefully that will work........

[erpdude8]

Let's see:

You could both two these two things:

MS TweakUI / Boot / AutoRun Scandisk without prompting.... AND--

do a Find for scandisk.exe(i know it's in Windows\Command, but just in case you have an extra copy elsewhere & something in your Path statement causes that one to run instead) & for all copies each: right-click / Properties / Program / Cmd Line: add /autofix

related: X-Setup / Startup/Shutdown\Startup\Windows 9x/Me\30) Scandisk\ScanDisk Logging  has some logging options you might use.

Hopefully that will work........

Better go with the TweakUI option to set your Scandisk options but be sure to use TweakUI 1.33 which is the latest version for Win98.

the Dos version of Scandisk (scandisk.exe) does not load the scandisk.ini file unless you specify the /custom option from the DOS prompt when Win98 is not running.

What I mean is this:

'c:\windows\command\scandisk.exe /custom'

Hope this also helps, Horizon.