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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (14568)	1/6/2001 2:46:50 PM
From: shadowman	Respond to of 110652

Skeet, W95.......go to start...shutdown....click on restart in dos....click yes. I don't know the dos commands, I've never done it. Edit: Just found this. ScanDisk (from DOS) (Windows 9x and Millennium Edition) This step will search for problems on your hard disk. From the Windows Desktop, click the Start button and then Shut Down. Then, click Restart the computer in the MS-DOS (R) mode? And click Yes/Ok. At the DOS Prompt (C:\), type ScanDisk. Press ENTER and the program will begin checking the hard drive. NOTE: If the DOS Prompt is anything other than root directory (C:\), please type "CD \" to display the root directory. If asked "Do you want to perform a surface scan now?, press Y (yes) and then Enter. Follow the on-screen instructions. Type "EXIT" to restart Windows.

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (14568)	1/6/2001 3:06:32 PM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110652

To the best of my knowledge, DEFRAG is not a DOS command and must run under Windows. ScanDisk is one of the funny ones. C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SCANDISK.EXE is a DOS program. C:\WINDOWS\SCANDSKW.EXE is a Windows program. Many systems create a shortcut to the Windows ScanDisk and call it ScanDisk, adding to the confusion. DOS stuff ... We have more than one flavour of DOS: DOW Window, DOS Mode, and a plain non-enhanced DOS that doesn't recognize long file names ... And SafeMode DOS simply skips processing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. DOS Window: Click on Explorer, locate and right click C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM and select Create Shortcut. You'll get a shortcut for opening a DOS window. Right-click, choose properties, and work through the options to customize. DOS Mode: If you want DOS mode instead of DOS window, create another shortcut. You'll want to rename it so it won't be confused with your DOS window shortcut. Then right click this shortcut and select properties, program tab, and Advanced button. Put a check in the box MS-DOS Mode. This mode has few options. This is also reachable from Start/Shutdown. Plain DOS: If you want to boot to DOS, and skip loading windows altogether, hold down the F6 key while booting. This will display a menu with a half-dozen booting options. Just pick the number for the one you want. If you find yourself constantly wanting this menu, or like me, forgetting which key to use or when to press it, you can force it to appear at every boot by adding these lines to C:\MSDOS.SYS under the [Options] header. (You'll already have other stuff there, just add these lines. [Options] BootMenu=1 BootMenuDelay=2 This will display the menu for 2 seconds before booting normally. If you're quick, choose 1, more if slow. Zero will disable the menu. Cheers, PW. P.S. To defrag, close all running programs except Explorer an Systray. Use Ctrl-Alt-Del to start the Close Program process. You may have some non-closable programs running that are necessary and peculiar to your system that won't close -- let them remain.