Can the count down timer to cancel disk check be changed?

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I have 5 partitions on my computer's 2 HHD. When there is a illegal
shutdown, I have to wait 50 sec plus the time it takes to check the
partitions. Is there a regitry tweak that can change the wait time to
say 1 sec each?
-me-
 
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

Look in the right pane for a value called AutoChkTimeoutData. It doesn't
exist by default, so it probably isn't there. If not, right click in a
blank area of the right pane, select New, DWord value and name it
AutoChkTimeoutData. Double click the value you just created and set it to
the number of seconds you want. 0 disables the timeout.
 
Doug said:
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

Look in the right pane for a value called AutoChkTimeoutData. It doesn't
exist by default, so it probably isn't there. If not, right click in a
blank area of the right pane, select New, DWord value and name it
AutoChkTimeoutData. Double click the value you just created and set it to
the number of seconds you want. 0 disables the timeout.
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You can try that but it did not work for me. A reliable and simple
solution but apparently almost unknown solution is to run from the Dos
prompt (not in Run) the following command chkntfs /?. The result will
explain to you how to set this unknown option for each of your drives.

Let me know...

John
 
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

Look in the right pane for a value called AutoChkTimeoutData. It doesn't
exist by default, so it probably isn't there. If not, right click in a
blank area of the right pane, select New, DWord value and name it
AutoChkTimeoutData. Double click the value you just created and set it to
the number of seconds you want. 0 disables the timeout.
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Did all of the above, tried values of 0 and 1, saving in hex and also
decimals (4 trials). Still counting from 10 sec. Is there something
else I missed?
-me-
 
You can try that but it did not work for me. A reliable and simple
solution but apparently almost unknown solution is to run from the Dos
prompt (not in Run) the following command chkntfs /?. The result will
explain to you how to set this unknown option for each of your drives.

Let me know...

John
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Thanks John, worked just as I wanted. Syntex is:

chkntfs T:1

and the countdown starts at 1 sec.
-me-
 
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