dirty bit chkdsk

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Donald Eagle

Is there any way to terminate chkdsk after a dirty bit starts it during
boot-up? I do know there is about an 8 second window to exit before it
starts, but once it starts, is there anything that can be done? It has run
about 4 times on my D: disk, but has never found anything, and it takes 3
hours to run. I am running XP Home, SP2 with all security updates.
 
First click Start> Run> bring up a command prompt by typing in "CMD" and type
" fsutil dirty query d: ". This queries the drive, and more than likely it
will tell you that it is dirty. Next, type "CHKNTFS /X D:". The X tells
Windows to NOT check that particular drive on the next reboot. At this time,
manually reboot your computer, it should not do a Chkdsk and take you
directly to Windows.
Once Windows has fully loaded, bring up another CMD prompt and now you want
to do a Chkdsk manually by typing "Chkdsk /f /r d:". This should take you
through 5 stages of the scan and will unset that dirty bit. Finally, type
"fsutil dirty query d:" and Windows will confirm that the dirty bit is not
set on that drive. Good luck!

TC
 
Thank you, TC, but I did not make myself clear. It does not run chkdsk
every time; it has happened 4 times in the last couple of months without
ever finding any problems. The bit has been reset to "not dirty". I did run
"fsutil dirty query D:" to verify that. I am trying to avoid having to
check the dirty bit every day before I log off. I will make a note of the
"CHKNTFS /X D:" and "Chkdsk /f /r d:" commands for future use. If I (or my
wife) turn on the computer and leave the room while it boots, I want to be
able to escape chkdsk if it starts and run it later at my leisure.
 
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