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   From: SPAMadBUSTERmurray@iinet.net.au   
      
   "August Pamplona"  wrote in   
   message news:%oErb.5892$nz.5872@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   > Situation:   
   >   
   >     Windows 98 system which seems to want to run Scandisk to do a   
   > surface scan on boot-up after each bad shutdown (normal behavior should   
   > be, AFAIK, doing only the file system logical error checks but NOT the   
   > surface scan). I have verified that no physical problems exist running   
   > the Dos based Norton Disk Doctor on the thorough setting (the one that   
   > lasts many hours).   
   >   
   > Questions:   
   >   
   >     What might cause this behavior? The only thing I've found in a   
   > preliminary Google search which might set Scandisk to always run the   
   > surface scan is the configuration file 'scandisk.ini' but this was not   
   > set in this way in the aforementioned Windows 98 system (and I don't   
   > even think scandisk.ini is used under this circumstance --rather it   
   > would be used when it is run from the command line with the '/CUSTOM'   
   > parameter).   
   >   
   >     Am I asking the wrong question? Is there anything other than bad   
   > sectors which would cause a surface scan to run? I understand there's a   
   > bit flag (Microsoft calls it HrdErrBitMask) which can be set in the file   
   > system which would make Scandisk run to do a surface scan. Would there   
   > be any situations not involving actual physical errors which might   
   > routinely cause this field to be set?   
   >   
   > TIA,   
   > August Pamplona   
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   > the option in scandisk itself - might be set to run the Thorough scan, rather   
   than just the standard scan?   
      
   Does Win 98 run the DOS Scandisk or Windows Scandisk after bad shutdown?   
      
      
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