XP drive error checking on startup

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Blair

Recently XP Pro has started running the drive error
checking each time the system is restart, regardless if
shutdown correctly and it takes a very long time.

Is there a way to disable this function?
 
I'd worry more about why it was running, than trying to disable it.

Go to a command prompt and run the command

fsutil dirty query c:

or whatever the disk is called.

If it reports it dirty then the chkdsk process hasn't fixed it.

If it reports not dirty, try the command again before you shut down.

If it is reported dirty, xp has flagged it, because it had a problem with
the file system.
Check in the system event log for any disk or file system errors.

start/rum
eventvwr.msc

If chkdsk never fixes the problem, you may have a more serious corruption
about to occur when you wont be able to access the disk at all.
Take a backup while the goings good. You may have to reformat in the near
future.

Paul
 
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