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ScanDisk May Not Fix the Media Descriptor Byte

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Article ID:158869
Last Review:November 15, 2006
Revision:1.1
This article was previously published under Q158869

SUMMARY

ScanDisk may not fix the media descriptor byte when it says that it will.

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There are two structures that are labeled "media descriptor." One is located in the boot sector and the other is located in the FAT entry for cluster 0. ScanDisk and ScanDisk for Windows check only the media descriptor located in the FAT entry, not the media descriptor located in the boot sector.
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•Microsoft Windows 95
•Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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