CHKDSK

Keith Wilby · Dec 12, 2006

CHKDSK has suddenly started running on one of my secondary (is that the
right phrase?) partitions (NTFS) when my PC starts up. The SMART report
appears to give the HDD a clean bill of health. Why is CHKDSK running and
how can I stop it? All I have on that partition is my Acronis True Image
files.

Thanks.

Keith.

Rod Speed · Dec 12, 2006

Keith Wilby said:
CHKDSK has suddenly started running on one of my secondary (is that
the right phrase?) partitions (NTFS) when my PC starts up. The SMART
report appears to give the HDD a clean bill of health. Why is CHKDSK running and how can I stop
it? All I have on that partition is my Acronis True Image files.

XP can get its tiny little brain scrambled like that, essentially losing track of
successful chkdsk runs, so it decides that it needs to be run at startup time.

Try a manually initiated chkdsk run and see if that will update the status properly.

If that doesnt fix it, do a manual cleanup of the registry.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316506

Keith Wilby · Dec 13, 2006

Rod Speed said:
XP can get its tiny little brain scrambled like that, essentially losing
track of
successful chkdsk runs, so it decides that it needs to be run at startup
time.

Try a manually initiated chkdsk run and see if that will update the status
properly.

If that doesnt fix it, do a manual cleanup of the registry.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316506

Thank you Rod, I will try this tonight.

Keith.

Keith Wilby · Dec 15, 2006

Rod Speed said:
XP can get its tiny little brain scrambled like that, essentially losing
track of
successful chkdsk runs, so it decides that it needs to be run at startup
time.

Try a manually initiated chkdsk run and see if that will update the status
properly.

This didn't work.

If that doesnt fix it, do a manual cleanup of the registry.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316506

I think this is a little overkill for the problem, would my only other
option be to restore the OS image from my backup?

Keith · Dec 15, 2006

Keith Wilby wrote:

For anyone with this problem, the answer is here:

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-72388.php

Rod Speed · Dec 15, 2006

This didn't work.

Presumably you mean it made not difference to the symptoms.

I think this is a little overkill for the problem,

Nope, it looks very like the registry is in a bit of a mess
so it cant record the fact that a chkdsk has been done,
so there is no need to do one every time it starts.

would my only other option be to restore the OS image from my backup?

You could try a restore point.