DOS ain't dead

Laaca Czech republic, 06.09.2007, 18:28	DiskMinder (DOSX) Post reply
	I accidentaly found a free scandisk like tool (unfortunately without source) which works also in DOS. Bad side is that it must be installed from Windows: http://www.mdgx.com/files/DISKMIND.EXE

Berlin, Germany,
06.09.2007, 22:17

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> I accidentaly found a free scandisk like tool (unfortunately without
> source) which works also in DOS.

This is from a commercial package called "Helix Nuts & Bolts". I do not encourage anyone to use it, because of its unclear license!

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Rugxulo

Usono,
07.09.2007, 04:23

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> > I accidentaly found a free scandisk like tool (unfortunately without
> > source) which works also in DOS.
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> This is from a commercial package called "Helix Nuts & Bolts". I do not
> encourage anyone to use it, because of its unclear license!

FreeDOS doesn't have SCANDISK, only CHKDSK (and DOSFSCK, which Eric Auer suggests instead if you don't need 16-bit cpu compatibility).

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Berlin, Germany,
07.09.2007, 10:09

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> FreeDOS doesn't have SCANDISK, only CHKDSK (and DOSFSCK, which Eric Auer
> suggests instead if you don't need 16-bit cpu compatibility).

That's true, but what's the point?

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Rugxulo

Usono,
08.09.2007, 07:07

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> That's true, but what's the point?

In other words, you don't need to use a commercial tool, there are "free" ones out there.

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Berlin, Germany,
08.09.2007, 20:46

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> In other words, you don't need to use a commercial tool, there are
> "free" ones out there.

Ah, OK! :-)

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