Microsoft KB Archive/104733

= ScanDisk /CHECKONLY Mode on Third-Party Compressed Disks =

Article ID: 104733

Article Last Modified on 11/18/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q104733





SUMMARY
If ScanDisk detects Stacker, XtraDrive, SuperStor, or DoubleDisk drivers in memory, it runs in CHECKONLY mode.



MORE INFORMATION
If you run ScanDisk on a system using third-party disk-compression software without specifying any command-line parameters (or with command-line parameters that are incompatible with /CHECKONLY), ScanDisk displays the following message

You cannot use the / while  is running.

To check for disk problems without fixing them, type SCANDISK /CHECKONLY at the command prompt.

where  is AUTOFIX or CUSTOM and  is Stacker, SuperStor, DoubleDisk, or XtraDrive.

Erroneous Error Message with Third-Party Device Drivers
The following third-party device drivers cause ScanDisk to erroneously report that third-party disk-compression software is running:   Device Driver      Third-Party Product -     ---   BRIDGE.DRV         SYSGEN external floppy drive DISCTEC.SYS       DISCTEC removable hard drive If you run ScanDisk on a system using third-party disk-compression software and use command-line parameters that are compatible with /CHECKONLY, no message is displayed.

To repair problems with your third-party disk-compression software, use the disk repair utility provided with the product.

ScanDisk also refuses to scan uncompressed disks on systems using third- party disk-compression software because it detects the disk-compression software by scanning memory, rather than attempting to detect which drive is compressed.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.20 addstor adstor

Keywords: KB104733

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