How can I make CHKDSK pause so I can read what it did prior to
starting windows XP-Pro?

Invoke the command from within a Command Prompt window:
Click Start, Run ( type ) Cmd [Enter]
>Chkdsk C:

"Stan Hilliard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How can I make CHKDSK pause so I can read what it did prior to
> starting windows XP-Pro?

Stan Hilliard wrote:
> How can I make CHKDSK pause so I can read what it did prior to
> starting windows XP-Pro?

After Windows starts

- Start > Run > [type] eventvwr [click OK]
- look in the "Application" log for an entry from Source = "winlogon"
(if you want to make things easier, open event viewer before you run
chkdsk and clear the log so there won't be many entries to scroll through).

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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Invoke the command from within a Command Prompt window:
> Click Start, Run ( type ) Cmd [Enter]
>>Chkdsk C:

This won't work. Drive C: is normally the System Drive and is therefore
locked. Chkdisk will inform the OP that it will run at the next reboot, when
the OP won't be able to pause the display in order to see the messages. He
must examine the Event Viewer messages, as suggested by Lem.

No, but it will run and just report problems (it won't fix) if run WITHOUT
the /f switch on the c: system drive.

--

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.


"Pegasus [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:Ogq6Q$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Invoke the command from within a Command Prompt window:
>> Click Start, Run ( type ) Cmd [Enter]
>>>Chkdsk C:
>
> This won't work. Drive C: is normally the System Drive and is therefore
> locked. Chkdisk will inform the OP that it will run at the next reboot,
> when the OP won't be able to pause the display in order to see the
> messages. He must examine the Event Viewer messages, as suggested by Lem.
>

On Apr 24, 4:47*pm, Stan Hilliard
<usenetrepl...@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote:
> How can I make CHKDSK pause so I can read what it did prior to
> starting windows XP-Pro?

CHKDSK is used (usually) to check for hardware problems with the disk
and maybe try to correct them.

Why is CHKDSK even running or are you running it manually?

If it runs by itself, it sounds like you have a problem that needs
investigation.

If you are running it manually, why are you doing that? It takes
long time, doesn't it?

It will not hurt anything if you just want to check things.

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> My example included no Chkdsk qualifiers and will work for a
> simple/cursory Chkdsk. What you're saying is true if you try &
> run Chkdsk with /F or /R in a Cmd Prompt Window.
>

The OP said "I can read what it did". This to me implies the /F or /R
switch. Without these switches chkdsk will only report things but it won't
"do" anything to the file system.

CHKDSK will run automatically on boot if there are ANY minor inconsistencies
on any drives. In point of fact CHKDSK runs EVERY TIME YOUR COMPUTER STARTS
and scans for the 'dirty bit' (not a bit of dirt but a 'bit' on the drive
that marks it as 'dirty' in need of correction). If run either by being
called by an inconsistency on a drive or by using CHKDSK /F at the prompt
and answering 'y' for yes to the question 'do you want chkdsk to run on next
boot' then it doesn't give you time to read it's results output as Windows
XP is loading. Lem's response was the best citing that CHKDSK's output from
running at boot-time can be re-viewed in the Applications section of the
'Event Viewer' on the 'Administrator's Tools' menu.

--

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.


"Jose" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On Apr 24, 4:47 pm, Stan Hilliard
<usenetrepl...@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote:
> How can I make CHKDSK pause so I can read what it did prior to
> starting windows XP-Pro?

CHKDSK is used (usually) to check for hardware problems with the disk
and maybe try to correct them.

Why is CHKDSK even running or are you running it manually?

If it runs by itself, it sounds like you have a problem that needs
investigation.

If you are running it manually, why are you doing that? It takes
long time, doesn't it?

It will not hurt anything if you just want to check things.

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:11:25 +0100, "Tim Meddick"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>No, but it will run and just report problems (it won't fix) if run WITHOUT
>the /f switch on the c: system drive.
>
>--
>
>Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Please tell us how you choose the command line switches that will be
used when Windows schedules a CHKDSK to be run on a restart.

You've found something that I don't think anyone else knows about.


>"Pegasus [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ogq6Q$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Invoke the command from within a Command Prompt window:
>>> Click Start, Run ( type ) Cmd [Enter]
>>>>Chkdsk C:
>>
>> This won't work. Drive C: is normally the System Drive and is therefore
>> locked. Chkdisk will inform the OP that it will run at the next reboot,
>> when the OP won't be able to pause the display in order to see the
>> messages. He must examine the Event Viewer messages, as suggested by Lem.
>>
>

The post suggested that the OP could run CHKDSK from the COMMAND PROMPT and
there are two switches that can be used by the autorun CHKDSK at boot-time
initiated by the two corresponding switches at the COMMAND PROMPT They are:

CHKDSK C: /F produces the autorun command AUTOCHK /P \??\C:
CHKDSK C: /R produces the autorun command AUTOCHK /R \??\C:

....you can use the /p and /r switches with chkdsk when run from Recovery
Console


--

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.


"Jake Marley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:11:25 +0100, "Tim Meddick"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>No, but it will run and just report problems (it won't fix) if run WITHOUT
>>the /f switch on the c: system drive.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
>
> Please tell us how you choose the command line switches that will be
> used when Windows schedules a CHKDSK to be run on a restart.
>
> You've found something that I don't think anyone else knows about.
>
>
>>"Pegasus [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Ogq6Q$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Invoke the command from within a Command Prompt window:
>>>> Click Start, Run ( type ) Cmd [Enter]
>>>>>Chkdsk C:
>>>
>>> This won't work. Drive C: is normally the System Drive and is therefore
>>> locked. Chkdisk will inform the OP that it will run at the next reboot,
>>> when the OP won't be able to pause the display in order to see the
>>> messages. He must examine the Event Viewer messages, as suggested by
>>> Lem.
>>>
>>