Hello Gerald,
 BB>> Find the beginning of the string you want to remove and overwrite
 BB>> a char0 there. not an ascii 0. Understand?
 GM> NO
     Read a little about how to use a hex editor.
     There are many free ones available thru Fido.
 GM> Would it be possible for you to create a little
 GM> debug script file that would make the modifications to CHKDSK.EXE
 GM> and post it here?
     No. I don't have msdos v6.22. That is what you use.
     ms would not like me to post one of their progs. certainly not a
     modified version :-)
 GM> CHKDSK %drive%:|find /v "Serial"|find /v "Instead"|find /v
 GM> "range"|... ...find /v "SCANDISK"
     I guess this is incomplete. I don't see what it does.
     BTW, more than once I have experienced ScanDisk and Norton's DD
     get things wrong and ChkDsk get it right.
Regards, Barry 
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