* An ongoing debate between Gerald Miller and Ben Ritchey rages on ...

 BR>> I'm trying to add an automated/Batch weekly task that will run
 BR>> Norton Disk Doctor against all DOS drives (under MS-DOS 6.22).
 BR>> Ndd.exe c: d: f: h: j: k: l: /Q /RA:c:\ndd.rpt
 GM: > I'm not sure that Norton Disk Doctor was ever intended to be run in
 GM: > _AUTO_ (unattended) mode...  What do you do if NDD encounters a

Auto Repair is defined to handle this automatically in Options Config:

Screen 1:
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                         Automatic Repair Options

          Partition Tables:          Prompt    Auto  X Never
          Boot Records:              Prompt    Auto  X Never
          File Allocation Tables:    Prompt  X Auto    Never
          Directory Structures:      Prompt  X Auto    Never
          Compression Structures:    Prompt  X Auto    Never
          Surface Errors:          X Prompt    Auto    Never

          X Auto-repair lost clusters if fewer than [25  ] chains

            Save lost clusters as files
          X Delete lost clusters

            Prompt for creation of Undo file
          X Make repairs without creating Undo file

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Note: I bypass the Surface Scan so the Prompt option is not used.

Screen 2:
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                           Automatic Repair Options

                                  Warning

                 Automatic repair is a powerful tool that
                may not be appropriate for all situations.
                When automatic repair is enabled, no error
                messages are displayed and the user is not
                 given the option of skipping the repair.
                The only way to find out what was repaired
                 is by reading the final report.  You must
                 carefully consider whether this level of
                       automation is right for you.

                         Enable automatic repair?

                             OK        Cancel
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I select OK, of course 

 GM: > I don't run NDD as an automated event, but I do run Speed Disk which
 GM: > makes a call to NDD if a problem is encountered.  My command
 GM: > processor (of choice) is 4DOS and if you have the equivalent NDOS
 GM: > processor, then I may be able to assist you.  Let me know if you are
 GM: > running NDOS (or are willing to run NDOS) and I'll fling a copy of
 GM: > my Speed Disk batch at you.

Worth a try. I have a full complement of Norton Utilities v8 (circa 1994) plus
the latest versions of DiskEdit and NDD from NSW 2003 (which is what I'm
running). The latest Norton Utilities I have access to (from NSW 2003) are all
Windows versions :( except for DiskEdit, NDD, Unerase & Unformat (since they
are used on the Rescue diskette I presume).

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