XPost: 24hoursupport.helpdesk, alt.windows95, alt.windows98   
   From: ZHNTPDWBLECA@fcnzzbgry.pbz   
      
      
      
   Adding AutoScan-0 to msdos.sys will prevent scandisk from   
   running after a bad shutdown, and is *bad* advice.   
      
      
   On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:04:46 GMT, in   
        
       Ben Myers scrawled:   
      
   >To answer your original question, I know of nothing except DOS and Windows   
   >that would set the surface scan bit in the file allocation table.  You might   
   try   
   >temporarily renaming scandisk.ini to rule it out as the culprit.  The simplest   
   >solution would be to add "AutoScan=0" to the "[Options]" section of   
   >"c:\msdos.sys".   
   >   
   >Ben   
      
      
      
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