[Discussion] UN-Documented CheckDisk Option for Boot Drive

[Chuck McKinnis]

YMMV

Thomas Clayton wrote:
> Dear Group:
> 
> While flipping through old copies of
> 
> The Cobb Group; _Inside OS/2_ 
> 
> to decide whether I wanted to keep them,
> I came across something that MAY be of
> GREAT interest to us; specifically
> 
> "Running CHKDSK on the startup drive"
>  pp. 11-12 of Vol.4 No.2
>  (February 1995)(Copyright 1995)
> .
> At the end of the article is a statement to the effect
>  ~you can run CHKDSK on your boot drive IF you use this
>   UNdocumented technique~
> 
> CHKDSK C: /F /aUtOcHeCk
> .
> The word "aUtOcHeCk" IS CASE sensitive!
> 
> Now remember, also, that this was in the days of
> OS/2 Borg (despite the date on the periodical!) and,
>  so might NOT apply to Warp and Merlin. 
> 
> We'll have to test and see; but I thought you'd like to know!
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Thomas Clayton

[C:\]CHKDSK C: /F /aUtOcHeCk
The current hard disk drive is: C:
The type of file system for the disk is HPFS.
The HPFS file system program has been started.
SYS0543: /aUtOcHeCk is not a valid parameter with the CHKDSK
command when checking a hard disk.

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Chuck McKinnis
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