Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 350

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278 Appendix E
MS-DOS Message Directory
Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)?
[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
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recovers the lost blocks it found when checking the disk.
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Chkdsk then creates a proper directory entry and a file for
each lost chain with a filename of the form: filennnnxhk. 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 (Y/N)?
[Diskcopy]
■ The Diskcopy command has completed processing.
Type Y (for Yes) if you want to copy another disk, or AT
(for No) if you don't.
Copying t tracks
n Sectors/Track, s Sides
[Diskcopy]
■ Diskcopy displays this message during copying.
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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.
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[MS-DOS]
■ This message appears on mostMS-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 li switch.
You must specify the chkdsk switch to correct disk errors.
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Current date is mm-dd-yy
[Date]
■ The Date command displays this message.
Enter the correct date and press return.

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