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Appendix E MS-DOS Message Directory
Convert lost chains to files (YIN)?
[Chkdsk)
• Chkdsk displays this message
if
it
finds
information
on
the
disk
that isn't allocated properly
in
the disk's File Allocation
Table.
If
you type Y
(for
Yes)
in
response
to
this prompt,
chkdsk
recovers
the
lost blocks it found
when
checking
the
disk.
Chkdsk
then
creates a
proper
directory
entry
and a file for
each
lost chain
with
a filename
of
the
form: filennnn. chk. If you
type
N
(for
No),
chkdsk
frees
the
lost blocks so that they can
be
reallocated and does
not
recover any data that was in those
lost blocks.
Copy another diskette (YIN)?
[Diskcopy)
• The Diskcopy
command
has
completed processing.
Type Y
(for
Yes)
if
you
want
to
copy
another
disk,
or
N
(for
No)
if you don't.
Copying t tracks
n Sectors/Tracl<, s Sides
[Diskcopy)
• Diskcopy displays this message during copying.
Copy process ended
[Diskcopy)
• Diskcopy
could
not
copy the entire
disk
Use
the
copy
or
xcopy
command
to
copy
specific files
onto
the
disk.
Copyright 1981,82,83,84,85,86 Microsoft Corp.
[MS-DOS)
• This message appears
on
most
MS·DOS
utility
and
command
banners.
Corrections will not be written
to
disk
[Chkdsk)
• There are errors
on
the disk.
but
Chkdsk
will
not
correct them
because
you
did
not
specify the
If
switch.
You must specify
the
chkdsk
switch
to
correct
disk errors.
Current date is mm-dd-yy
[Date)
• The Date
command
displays this message.
Enter the
correct
date
and press
RETURN.
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