Hello everybody.

I have a strange problem with my machine (Windows XP
Professional). When I try to manually perform a CHKDSK /F
of the C: disk I am asked if I want to schedule it to run
at the next restart. So far so good: I click yes and
restart, but nothing happens.

I checked the
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\BootExecute" registry entry, it contains the proper
commands (i.e. "autocheck autochk /p \??\C:"), but it seems
to be completely ignored. It is so thoroughly ignored that
after a restart the line is still there.

Running CHKDSK from a recovery console works, though.

I have no idea: other people seem to have the opposite
problem, that is CHKDSK running at every reboot. I can't
find any mention of anything like what I'm experiencing.

Thanks a lot for any help you can give me.

Regards,
Roberto

Yes - I have the same problem - Win XP Pro - I can chkdsk my other drives
but not my C:\ drive.

Glad to know I am not alone on this one - I just reformatted (for various
reasons) and after installing nothing but latest updates to XP, the
inability to chkdsk the C:\ drive occurs.

C

"Roberto Totaro" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1de1e01c4547f$cc44b090$(E-Mail Removed)...
Hello everybody.

I have a strange problem with my machine (Windows XP
Professional). When I try to manually perform a CHKDSK /F
of the C: disk I am asked if I want to schedule it to run
at the next restart. So far so good: I click yes and
restart, but nothing happens.

I checked the
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\BootExecute" registry entry, it contains the proper
commands (i.e. "autocheck autochk /p \??\C:"), but it seems
to be completely ignored. It is so thoroughly ignored that
after a restart the line is still there.

Running CHKDSK from a recovery console works, though.

I have no idea: other people seem to have the opposite
problem, that is CHKDSK running at every reboot. I can't
find any mention of anything like what I'm experiencing.

Thanks a lot for any help you can give me.

Regards,
Roberto

Yeah, me too, blooming annoying because I can't run my
boot time defrag untill chkdsk can fix certain errors,
whatever they are.
I know one thing isn't quite right, it's something to do
with the fact that there is a big difference between the
size of what's on the disc and the size of area that its
taking up.


>-----Original Message-----
>Yes - I have the same problem - Win XP Pro - I can chkdsk
my other drives
>but not my C:\ drive.
>
>Glad to know I am not alone on this one - I just
reformatted (for various
>reasons) and after installing nothing but latest updates
to XP, the
>inability to chkdsk the C:\ drive occurs.
>
>C
>
>"Roberto Totaro" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
>news:1de1e01c4547f$cc44b090$(E-Mail Removed)...
>Hello everybody.
>
>I have a strange problem with my machine (Windows XP
>Professional). When I try to manually perform a CHKDSK /F
>of the C: disk I am asked if I want to schedule it to run
>at the next restart. So far so good: I click yes and
>restart, but nothing happens.
>
>I checked the
>"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sessi
on
>Manager\BootExecute" registry entry, it contains the
proper
>commands (i.e. "autocheck autochk /p \??\C:"), but it
seems
>to be completely ignored. It is so thoroughly ignored that
>after a restart the line is still there.
>
>Running CHKDSK from a recovery console works, though.
>
>I have no idea: other people seem to have the opposite
>problem, that is CHKDSK running at every reboot. I can't
>find any mention of anything like what I'm experiencing.
>
>Thanks a lot for any help you can give me.
>
>Regards,
>Roberto
>
>
>.
>

I have the same problem as well, I actually phoned Microsoft on this
one and not having NAV 2004 load automatically on startup fixed it.
But I recently reinstalled and now I can't chkdsk C drive and the NAV
trick no longer works. Only way I can chkdsk is from recovery
console...

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:26:09 -0700, "Simon Bayley"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Yeah, me too, blooming annoying because I can't run my
>boot time defrag untill chkdsk can fix certain errors,
>whatever they are.
>I know one thing isn't quite right, it's something to do
>with the fact that there is a big difference between the
>size of what's on the disc and the size of area that its
>taking up.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Yes - I have the same problem - Win XP Pro - I can chkdsk
>my other drives
>>but not my C:\ drive.
>>
>>Glad to know I am not alone on this one - I just
>reformatted (for various
>>reasons) and after installing nothing but latest updates
>to XP, the
>>inability to chkdsk the C:\ drive occurs.
>>
>>C
>>
>>"Roberto Totaro" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote in message
>>news:1de1e01c4547f$cc44b090$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>Hello everybody.
>>
>>I have a strange problem with my machine (Windows XP
>>Professional). When I try to manually perform a CHKDSK /F
>>of the C: disk I am asked if I want to schedule it to run
>>at the next restart. So far so good: I click yes and
>>restart, but nothing happens.
>>
>>I checked the
>>"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sessi
>on
>>Manager\BootExecute" registry entry, it contains the
>proper
>>commands (i.e. "autocheck autochk /p \??\C:"), but it
>seems
>>to be completely ignored. It is so thoroughly ignored that
>>after a restart the line is still there.
>>
>>Running CHKDSK from a recovery console works, though.
>>
>>I have no idea: other people seem to have the opposite
>>problem, that is CHKDSK running at every reboot. I can't
>>find any mention of anything like what I'm experiencing.
>>
>>Thanks a lot for any help you can give me.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Roberto
>>
>>
>>.
>>