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Hey Rita,

Can you please expand re. the making of a Scandisk startup floppy ?

Is it just a matter of copying Scandisk onto a floppy - insert and run, or is there more to it ?

TIA,

Regards.

 

hi micro
after you make your startup disk leave it in the drive then reboot your pc when it asks if you want cdRom support select nonce you see theA:>prompt type the following commands one after the other but hit your enter key after each command.wait for the command to complete and show the A:> prompt before typing the next command
smartdrv
deltree/y c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree /y c:\windows\cookies
deltree /y c:\windows\history
deltree/ y c:\windows\temp
scandisk c: /AUTOFIX
i hope this helps you--let me know ok have a good night
rita

 

hey Micro
sorry about the smiley it was a mistype
rita

 

Thanks Rita - unfortunately I did not explain clearly enough - the above
sentence in your reply is the crux of it.

I want to make a startup floppy specifically with your idea in mind - to scandisk from it - but I don't know how to make it from a standing start ?

I don't need the bits and bobs on it, just the scandisk.

Regards.

 

good morning Micro
sorry--here is how to make the startup disk.
go to the control panel Start>Settings>Control panel
Click on the tab named windows setup...wait a bit
Click the startup tab
follow the instructions to make a startup disk(you will need a floppy disk in the drive)

Once you have the startup disk made,go into my computer and click on the c:drive icon.then click on the windows folder then on the command folder
look for a file named smartdrv.exe
copy/paste smartdrv to A:drive in floppy disk
let me know if this works ok
rita

 

Thanks Rita for your kind perseverance here.

My apologies for missing the quoted sentence in my previous reply to you,
I don't quite have the hang of this quoting business yet.

Ah Capiche !, - It's the ordinary startup floppy to begin with - OK.

So then I went to C: but on this Win98se the Smartdrv.Exe was in the Windows folder itself.
In ref. to your above quoted sentence, (if Iv'e done it correctly this time).
Can I Right click on Smartdrv.exe and click on Copy and then Paste onto
the floppy in A: drive, or is there a simpler method ?

And when I get that done, how do I then include your
scandisk C:/ AUTOFIX onto the floppy ?

Regards.

 

hi Micro
yes you can right click on smartdrv.exe and copy and paste to floppy in drive A
to get to the autofix on the floppy do this:
when you leave the floppy in and reboot the pc it will ask you if you want cd rom help you select no CDRom support
once you see theA:>prompt type the following commands one aftet the other but hit the enter key after you type each command.wait for each command to complete and show you the A:>prompt before you type the next command
smartdrv
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree /y cx:\windows\cookies
deltree /y c:\windows\history
deltree /y c:\windows\temp
scandisk c /AUTOFIX
this should do it.please let me know-- and if i can be of any other help i'd be delighted to try to help
rita