What is the difference between the scandisk in dos as opposed to the scandisk
in Windows?
At 01:59 PM 7/26/99 -0500, Tusing wrote:
>Greetings,
>After a nasty power surge-- and I thank my lucky stars I own a good line
>conditioner--following one of those microsecond "brown-outs", I found I
>could no longer shut down my computer. all I could do was"restart the
>computer by pushing the letter r in the Shut Down screen.
>So I lost a lot of time seeking the answers. Finally, I was told to do a
>thorough scandisk in Dos. Since a lot of people did not learn computing
>during those days, I will outline the steps later. The thorough scandisk
>fixed the problem.
>
>And I did not lose a key.
>Steps for thorough scandisk in Dos.
>Bring up the Shut down screen. Hit letter m aas in ms Dos. press enter. Now
>you are in Dos.
>Type the word "scandisk" and do one space. Type the forward slash and
>immediately type the word"autofix" followed by another space. then type the
>word "surface". press enter. Obviously the quotes are not typed at all.
>The thorough scandisk takes 40 minutes. A sighted person can read the
>screen which will say whether you have any damaged clusters or not.
>Then tab to Exit and press Enter. type "exit" which puts you back in Dos
>again. type Exit and press Enter and you return to Windows whatever program
>you are running.
>
>My comment is that during these extraordinary weather conditions your
>computer is at the mercy of whatever electrical current is surging through
>the neighborhood. We have had 2 huge power surges in 5 days and several
>microsecond brown-outs.
>
>and on another point, I have found the tech suppport at HJ to have improved
>and to be excellent.
>
>Also, on another topic, does any one have a good backgammon game? Write me
>privately on that one--and not on list!
>
>Thanks to those who have helped me. Maybe I helped some one else--I sure
>hope so. and remember to get the strongest surge protector line conditioner
>you can find. Otherwise, this computer here would have been like a giant
>toaster--not a fun prospect.
>
>
>
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