How to: Run ScanDisk every time Windows 95 starts.
Solution:
Create a shortcut to ScanDisk in the 'Startup' folder.
1) Right-click the 'Start' button and select 'Open' from the pop-up menu. (The 'Start Menu' window appears.)
2) Double-click the 'Programs' icon. (The 'Programs' window appears.)
3) Double-click the 'StartUp' icon. (The 'StartUp' window appears.)
'Startup' icon in 'Programs' window
4) Select the 'File' menu, select 'New', and select 'Shortcut'. (The 'Create Shortcut' wizard appears.)
'Create Shortcut' Wizard
5) Type the following in the 'command line' box:
SCANDSKW.EXE
6) Click 'Next'.
7) Type the following in the 'Select a name for the shortcut' box:
SCANDISK
8) Click 'Finish'.
9) Right-click the 'ScanDisk' shortcut to display the pop-up menu.
'ScanDisk' shortcut pop-up menu
10) Select 'Properties...'. (The 'ScanDisk Properties' dialog box appears.)
'ScanDisk Properties' dialog box
11) Click the 'Shortcut' tab.
12) Type a space after the command line in the 'Target' box and add one or more of the following.
a) Type X: to specify the drive(s) to be checked.
(where X: represents the drive)
b) Add one or more of the following switches:
1] Add /A to check ALL local, fixed hard drives.
2] Add /N to starts and close ScanDisk automatically.
3] Add /P to prevent ScanDisk from correcting any errors.
EXAMPLE 1: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SCANDISK.EXE C: /P /N
(ScanDisk will check drive C:, will not correct any found errors, and will close when it is finished.)
EXAMPLE 2: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SCANDISK.EXE C: D:
(ScanDisk will check both drives C: and D:)
13) Click 'OK' to close the 'ScanDisk Properties' dialog box.
