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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Basics / June 2006CHKDSK - how to stop it recycling over and over
WinXP Home - SP2 After a couple of hangs where I had to do a reset while Windows was running, I decided to schedule chkdsk to run at start up using the options in My Computer - right click on drive icon - properties - disk maintenance - etc. - at start up it did its stuff and rebooted the machine and ran again and rebooted the machine and ran again etc etc. and I was stuck in a loop till I finally got into Safe Mode and stopped it. There is obviously a better way of doing this.... can someone elighten an XP novice as to what I should do to tidy up after a bad Windows shutdown without getting into this loop? Should I use a command prompt/Run etc? I'm used to the old Win98SE way of doing things where Scandsk ran automatically after a "bad" Windows shutdown but only once! Many thanks  SignatureRev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission goes to our partners in Bulgaria) http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420 Check Disk runs on every boot. Open a command prompt... Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type or paste the following line: chkntfs /d Hit the Enter key. Chkntfs displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time. The /d switch restores the machine to the default behavior; all drives are checked at boot time and chkdsk is run on those that are dirty. Autochk.exe is a version of Chkdsk that runs only before Windows XP starts. Autochk runs in the following situations: Autochk runs if you try to run Chkdsk on the boot volume. Autochk runs if Chkdsk cannot gain exclusive use of the volume. Autochk runs if the volume is flagged as dirty. This can happen if the drive's dirty bit is set. When a drive's dirty bit is set, autochk automatically checks the volume for errors the next time the computer is restarted. This will report whether the dirty bit is set. Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type or paste the following line: fsutil dirty query C: Hit the Enter key. Volume C: is not dirty Volume C: is dirty [[If a volume's dirty bit is set, this indicates that the file system may be in an inconsistent state. The dirty bit can be set because the volume is online and has outstanding changes, because changes were made to the volume and the computer shutdown before the changes were committed to disk, or because corruption was detected on the volume. If the dirty bit is set when the computer restarts, chkdsk runs to verify the consistency of the volume. Every time Windows XP starts, Autochk.exe is called by the Kernel to scan all volumes to check if the volume dirty bit is set. If the dirty bit is set, autochk performs an immediate chkdsk /f on that volume. Chkdsk /f verifies file system integrity and attempts to fix any problems with the volume.]] ----- This will also report whether the dirty bit is set. Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type or paste the following line: chkntfs c: Hit the Enter key. C: is not dirty. ----- If this is not the problem..... Go here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Read the instructions at the top of the page. Scroll down to: 82. Disable or Enable Check Disk Upon Boot Click on Disable. ----- Additional information... Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe starts when you try to shut down or restart your computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831426 SignatureHope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User > WinXP Home - SP2 > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > goes to our partners in Bulgaria) > http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420 > Check Disk runs on every boot. > [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] > computer > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831426 thank you - that is helpful. fsutil dirty query returns a clean bill of health at the moment on all partitions. SignatureRev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission goes to our partners in Bulgaria) http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420 Good information, Wesley. Do you have it on a Web page somewhere? Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:20:55 -0600 from Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955 @comcast.net>: > Check Disk runs on every boot. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Chkntfs displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time. [snip] No, Stan, I have no web page. I do not even have a cell phone. ;-) SignatureHope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User > Good information, Wesley. Do you have it on a Web page somewhere? > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> Chkntfs displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time. [snip] |
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