Good point.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: BOB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: turning scandisk off
>Bob,
>
>You left off the final step, restoring the Read Only Attribute to the file
>after modification. In addition to your disclaimer of responsibility, you
>might have added that if your prayer is not answered, and you do make a
>mistake in modifying the MSDOS.SYS file, your system will no longer run.
>
>Gary, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>At 06:56 PM 4/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>I have had problems in the past because my computer insisted on running
>>scandisk if it had been shut down inappropriately (i.e. the switch on the
>>back). Sometimes when this happened, scandisk would ask for a floppy to
be
>>inserted in the a drive for an undo file. This did not speak, so I didn't
>>know what was going on.
>>Anyway, I found out how to keep the system from running scandisk when it
is
>>rebooted and will layout the procedure to be followed. I believe this to
be
>>jfw related, since it determines getting access to your screen reader in
the
>>first place.
>>But, since it is questionable as to whether or not it is related, I will
not
>>answer any questions publicly, and advise everyone else to keep any public
>>comments to a minimum.
>>Warning, this involves the alteration of system files, and I take no
>>responsibility for what happens if you try this without adequate
>>precautions. Unless you have a real need to do this, don't try it.
Enough
>>said.
>>
>>1. Bring up Microsoft Explorer with the WindowsKey+e.
>>2. Go into the options menu and make sure that you can read hidden files.
>>3. Find the file called C:\MSDOS.SYS and highlight it.
>>4. Press alt+enter to bring up the properties menu for this file.
>>5. Uncheck the box that says "read only".
>>6. Find and press "ok".
>>7. Bring this file up in your favorite editor. (be sure that word wrap
is
>>off and that you don't use anything that inserts formatting etc. like
>>MSWord.)
>>8. Find the line that says: [Options].
>>9. Insert the following line somewhere after this line:
>>autoscan=0
>>10. Save the file.
>>11. Pray you didn't make a mistake.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>
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