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From: "Mark in Clinton TWP.  MI.  USA" <MarWar AT Provide DOT net>
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 23:23:37 +0400
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Subject: Re: Command Error
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I've used the F-prot frequently but realisticly if not windows how often are
"dos" users running across any bugs any longer?  All of the windows bugs I
am sent are fun to look at but there really nothing but a pile of code I
don't understand and I've never come across a dos bug in 10 years plus.
    Are they out there?
    If so, they couldn't do any harm without the user running a .exe or .com
program anyways.
    Just wondering others view.
      Mark


On 2001-09-04 opendos AT delorie DOT com said:
   -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-----
   -> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 7:47 PM
   -> 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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