Microsoft KB Archive/105559

= MS-DOS 6.2 SCANDISK.INI File =

Article ID: 105559

Article Last Modified on 10/14/2003

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q105559



SUMMARY
This article contains a complete listing of the MS-DOS 6.2 SCANDISK.INI file.



MORE INFORMATION
; SCANDISK.INI
 * This file contains settings you can use to customize the ScanDisk
 * program.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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


 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * checking the disk.

LostClust    = Prompt       ; Lost clusters

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