[WEB4LIB] ScanDisk / Windows 95

[Kevin Stevens]

Dale,

We are using the Autoscan flag as you describe on our Win95 B public
workstations, and it works as advertised.  Here is a dump of the [options]
section from one of our machines:

[Options]
BootKeys=0
BootWarn=0
BootGUI=1
BootMulti=0
Network=1
Autoscan=0

Strange that it's not working on your workstations.  I'm sure you know this,
but just in case: MSDOS.SYS is by default marked read-only.  You must remove
the DOS read-only flag on the file before saving changes, then (optional but
recommended) reset it to read-only afterward.

Good luck!

Kevin Stevens
Computing Systems Mgr.
Pratt Institute Libraries
Brooklyn, NY


-----Original Message-----
From: Dale E. Goodell <goodeld at wou.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 12:44 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] ScanDisk / Windows 95


>Apologies for cross-posting (cdromlan and web4lib).
>
>Does anyone know how to configure Windows 95 B and the DOS ScanDisk
>so that ScanDisk won't run automatically when Windows is started
>after not being properly shut down?
>
>The documentation I have from a seminar explains that you can edit
>msdos.sys and add "AutoScan=n" to the [options] section, where
>n=(0,1,2).  0=ScanDisk will not run; 1=ScanDisk will prompt user to
>start; 2=ScanDisk will start automatically.
>
>My experience thus far is that this setting does not work; I am
>prompted to run ScanDisk irregardless of this setting whenever I
>reboot after Windows wasn't properly shut down.
>
>I would prefer to have ScanDisk not run at all in this situation; my
>second choice would be to have ScanDisk start automatically without
>prompting the user.
>
>I am trying to resolve this issue on our public workstations, where
>we offer access to Netscape and our CD Network.  My goal is to
>provide as clean an interface as possible.
>
>How have others dealt with this situation?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>
>==================================================================
>Dale E. Goodell
>User Support Analyst
>Western Oregon University Library
>Monmouth, OR 97361
>
>Internet:   goodeld at fsa.wou.edu
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