Mail Archives: opendos/2001/09/03/19:48:24
Unless you are using M$W 9X and LFN, why not use CHKDSK
instead of SCANDISK. It's much more robust and might not have
this problem. Also, check how much memory you have and if it's
got any defects. Finally, get F-Prot (www.complex.is) and check
for viruses.
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: . [SMTP:stevied AT cybervale DOT com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 7:47 PM
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: Command Error
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I run scandisk and defrag regularly. I always use the surface scan option
> in
> scandisk. My hard drive is 540Mb.
>
> On 2001-09-01 opendos AT delorie DOT com said:
> >On 1 Sep 01, at 1:57, . wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> I use MS-DOS 6.2. I have two hard disk (drive C and D:). I have a
> >>133 MHz. processor with 32MB RAM.
> >> Since last week I have noticed that Scandisk has been taking
> >>incredibly long to scan my D: drive. When I try to exit Scandisk
> >>at the end of the scan I get a message which states:
> >> "Unable to load command interpreter".
> >> This only happens when I scan the D: drive. I also notice that
> >>there is sometimes a thirty seconds delay when I try to save on
> >this drive. >
> >> Can anyone hazard a guess as to what my problem is and how I can
> >correct it. >
> >How big is your D drive? Have you ever defragged it? When you run
> >Scandisk, do you do the surface scan? Does Scandisk show any errors
> >before you exit? Try booting the system with F5 (press F5 as soon
> >as
>
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