How to enable / disable scandisk from running after improper shut down.

Question:

Cause:

Versions of Microsoft Window 98 and later are designed to automatically run scandisk after the computer has been improperly shut down or rebooted. This is done as a safety measure to help ensure no data corruption occurred during the improper shut down / restart.

Answer:

This feature can be enabled or disabled in the msdos.sys file by changing the AutoScan= section. Additional information about the msdos.sys, hot to edit it and its values can be found on our msdos.sys page.

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Scandisk Help

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