No Scandisk after a crash?

[Guest Fan924]

My recent Installation of Win98 never runs Scandisk after a crash.

Ideas?

[Guest MEB]

Re: No Scandisk after a crash?

 

 

 

 

"Fan924" <a924fan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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| My recent Installation of Win98 never runs Scandisk after a crash.

| Ideas?

 

First - Look at msdos.sys in the *root* of the drive, it must not be hidden,

and check for AutoScan=1, if not there change read only attribute and modify

to include that line. Reset the file to hidden and read only. If you can't

find the file, go to Folder Options > View > and make sure Show All Files is

ticked, and Hide file extension for known file types is not checked.

 

This isn't a multiple OS system is it?

 

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[Guest Dan]

RE: No Scandisk after a crash?

 

Yes,

 

1. Press Start and run and type msconfig and run the program. You should be

in the general tab and click the advanced properties and see if the box

"Disable Scandisk after bad shutdown" is checked and if it is then uncheck it

and okay and restart when asked and then scandisk should run when you have a

bad shutdown and restart.

 

"Fan924" wrote:

> My recent Installation of Win98 never runs Scandisk after a crash.

> Ideas?

>

[Guest PCR]

Re: No Scandisk after a crash?

 

Fan924 wrote:

| My recent Installation of Win98 never runs Scandisk after a crash.

| Ideas?

 

(1) Do you have a "Scandisk.alt"? Then, Norton took over Scandisk. So,

look inside of it & in Norton menus/Norton FAQs/Norton Readme for an

answer. I do know: When Norton has been uninstalled & Scandisk

auto-Scandisk doesn't work, Glee will say to delete that file! (But

that's when it's been uninstalled.)

 

(2) As Blanton has said, Scandisk will not necessarily run. It depends

whether a write was pending at the time of the crash. If you do crash,

it is always wise to run your own Scandisk, anyhow, as the auto-Scandisk

is too quick to be doing it all. JUST... don't let yours constantly

restart!

 

(3) Look in "C:\Scandisk.log" to see what it may say. Colorado was

getting messages in there, even when it seemed the thing was not

running!

 

(4) Open "C:\Windows\Command\Scandisk.ini" in Notepad, &

change "NumPasses=0" to a positive number. Mine is "=5".

(However, if Norton has taken you over, perhaps look in

"Scandisk.alt" for that.)

 

(5) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q118579/

Contents of the Windows MSDOS.sys File

Careful with MS-DOS.sys: It is an important file.

 

(a) "START button, Settings, Folder Options, View tab".

Bolt "Show all files" & UNcheck "Hide file extensions..."

(b) R-Clk "C:\MSDOS.sys" in Explorer, select Properties,

& turn off "Read-Only"

© Open "C:\MSDOS.sys" in Notepad.

If it shows "AutoScan=0", change that to "=1".

(The line may be at bottom, after the filler "X's".)

(b) R-Clk "C:\MSDOS.sys" in Explorer, select Properties, & turn

"Read-Only" back on.

 

This setting probably is equivalent to all that (but it may get

out-of-synch)...

(a) "START button, Run, MSConfig, General tab, Advanced button"

(b) Uncheck "Disable Scandisk after bad shutdown".

 

(6) As cquirke often has said, "C:\Winboot.ini", if it exists, will

override MSDOS.sys. So, check for a "AutoScan=0" in there as well, as it

has the same format as the other.

 

(7) Here's an interesting Registry key. Not sure what I'd have you do

with it, though. PROBABLY, you DO want to see "SCANDSKW.EXE" in there.

Also, if all else fails, speak to it by it's friendly name.

 

REGEDIT4

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Plus!\System Agent\SAGE\Scandisk

for Windows]

"Settings"=hex:01

"Program"="SCANDSKW.EXE"

"Friendly Name"="ScanDisk for Windows"

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Plus!\System Agent\SAGE\Scandisk

for Windows\Result Codes]

"Success"="1"

"0"="No errors found"

"1"="Errors found and all were fixed"

"249"="One or more drives could not be checked"

"250"="Drive could not be checked - could not load or find DSKMAINT.DLL"

"251"="Drive could not be checked - insufficient memory"

"252"="Errors were found and some were not fixed"

"254"="Check was canceled"

"255"="Check was stopped because of an error"

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Plus!\System Agent\SAGE\Scandisk

for Windows\Set0]

"Settings"=hex:a1,03,40,00

"DrivesToCheck"=hex:04,00,00,00

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Plus!\System Agent\SAGE\Scandisk

for Windows\Set1]

"Settings"=hex:a1,03,40,00

"DrivesToCheck"=hex:00,00,00,80

 

 

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[Guest Fan924]

Re: No Scandisk after a crash?

 

Thanks guys. I checked and it was as it should be. Other things

started going south too. Reinstalling windows just seems to piss it

off more. So I am reformatting and starting fresh.

[Guest PCR]

Re: No Scandisk after a crash?

 

Fan924 wrote:

| Thanks guys. I checked and it was as it should be. Other things

| started going south too. Reinstalling windows just seems to piss it

| off more. So I am reformatting and starting fresh.

 

Sounds like a DLL-hell situation, if things got worse. I hope you

remembered to jot down your ProductKey. Keep us informed.

 

 

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[eva6206213]

Re: No Scandisk after a crash?

 

thank you for your sharing~

[Guest PCR]

Re: No Scandisk after a crash?

 

eva6206213 wrote:

| thank you for your sharing~

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You are welcome. I hope it helps.

 

 

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