  
PSS ID Number: Q104948
Article last modified on 11-22-1994
PSS database name: MSDOS
 
6.20 6.21 6.22
 
MS-DOS

Documentation Errors - MS-DOS 6.2
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.2, 6.21, 6.22
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This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft
DriveSpace. For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for
commands and file names.
 
This article contains information on the documentation errors in MS-DOS
Help, the README.TXT file, SMARTDrive Monitor, and ScanDisk.
 
The following topics are covered:
 
MS-DOS Help Errors
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 - ScanDisk Notes Not Specific About "MS-DOS Boot Sector"
 - DBLSPACE /HOST Help is Difficult to Locate
 - Incorrect Information of Space Required to Compress
 
MS-DOS README.TXT Errors
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 - Section 3.1 Your Computer Uses a Windows 3.0 Permanent Swap File
 
Microsoft Backup
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 - Microsoft Backup Reports Version 6.0
 
SMARTDrive Monitor
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 - SMARTDrive Monitor Help Refers to SMARTDrive Version 4.0
 
ScanDisk
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 - SCANDISK /FRAGMENT Displays Incorrect Error Message
 
MS-DOS Help Errors
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ScanDisk Notes Not Specific About "MS-DOS Boot Sector"
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The ScanDisk Notes section lists the types of problems that can be detected
and fixed by ScanDisk. The list contains an entry for "MS-DOS boot sector."
 
Problems with the MS-DOS boot sector can be detected and fixed on
DoubleSpace-compressed drives only.
 
DBLSPACE /HOST Help is Difficult to Locate
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The DBLSPACE/ HOST command, which is used to change the host designation,
is not listed under Help DblSpace, and incorrectly listed under Dblspace
/?.
 
Help for this command is correctly listed and available if you type
 
   help dblspace /host
 
The correct command format is
 
   dblspace drive1: /host=drive2
 
Incorrect Information of Space Required to Compress
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The Dblspace Compress section of MS-DOS Help does not correctly indicate
how much space is required to compress a boot drive. For more information,
query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   compress and existing and boot and drive and sufficient
 
MS-DOS README.TXT Errors
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Section 3.1 Your Computer Uses a Windows 3.0 Permanent Swap File
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Step 2 of section 3.1 states the following:
 
   Type the following at the command prompt:
 
      SPATCH [DRIVE]:[PATH]SWAPFILE.EXE
 
      For the DRIVE and PATH parameters, specify the location of
      your SWAPFILE.EXE file.
 
Using this syntax results in the following error message:
 
   Cannot find SWAPFILE.EXE in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory.
 
The correct syntax is:
 
   SPATCH [DRIVE]:[PATH]
 
   For the DRIVE and PATH parameters, specify the location of
   your Windows directory. For example:
 
   SPATCH C:\WINDOWS
 
Microsoft Backup
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Microsoft Backup Reports Version 6.0
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Microsoft Backup for Windows and Microsoft Backup (MS-DOS-based version) in
MS-DOS 6.2 reports the version number as 6.0. The incorrect version number
is displayed in the startup dialog box (Reading Directories) and the About
dialog boxes.
 
Microsoft Backup was not updated for MS-DOS version 6.2. For MS-DOS 6.21,
compression code was removed. For MS-DOS 6.22, new compression code was
added.
 
ScanDisk
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SCANDISK /FRAGMENT Displays Incorrect Error Message
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SCANDISK /FRAGMENT displays:
 
   You specified too many parameters: X:",
 
   where X is the default drive letter.
   The correct command syntax is:
   SCANDISK /FRAGMENT fname
 
The error message should read "Missing parameter."
 
SMARTDrive Monitor
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SMARTDrive Monitor Help incorrectly refers to SMARTDrive version 4.0; it
should refer to SMARTDrive version 5.0.
 
NOTE: VSAFE Help, Microsoft Anti-Virus Help, and Defrag Help contain the
same documentation errors as the MS-DOS 6.0 version. For more information
on these documentation errors, query on the following words in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   comprehensive and ms-dos and docerr and 6.00
 
KBCategory: kbref kbdocerr kbtool
KBSubcategory: msdos mwbackup msbackup
Additional reference words: 6.22 6.20 6.0 6.2 doc err docerr comprehensive
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