Windows 95 ScanDisk (SCANDSKW) Exit Codes

ID: Q126280

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article lists the exit codes that an IF ERRORLEVEL statement can detect after you run ScanDisk.

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ScanDisk can return the following exit codes:


   0x00 - Drive(s) checked, no errors found
   0x01 - Errors found, all fixed
   0xFA - Check couldn't start, couldn't find or load DSKMAINT.DLL
   0xFB - Check couldn't start, insufficient memory
   0xFC - Errors found, at least some not fixed
   0xFD - At least one drive could not be checked
   0xFE - Check was canceled
   0xFF - Check was terminated due to an error

Note that there is no distinction between codes 0x00 and 0x01 (or between 0x00 and 0xFC when ScanDisk is run in Preview mode) on removable media (such as a floppy disk).

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