CHKDSK

[toreilly]

Recently I have found a problem on my Laptop, DELL Latitude D530 with WINXP
PRO SP3, in that the "plugins" folder within IE folder will not open.
This faullt appeared when I tried to load or unload Adobe Reader.
Have since deleted Adobe but the faullt is still theretotried to run
"chkdsk" from cmd prompt and from Properties of the "C" drive but each time
it said it could not start until I restarted the Laptop.
When I started the Laptop the "chkdsk" did not run.

Any advise/help would be appreciated.

Thanks
tom

 

[R. McCarty]

Chkdsk wouldn't normally be a corrective measure for your issue. If
you use Windows Explorer with 100% content shown ( Hidden, System
& all extensions ) the plug-ins ( or add-ons ) are found at:
C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files
Any shown as "Damaged" can be Right Clicked and removed.

Chkdsk with a fix or repair qualifier /F or /R must run prior to the OS
loading so it can gain exclusive access to the volume. Some programs
interfere with that and cause Chkdsk to fail to run.
Just doing a cursory (Read-Only) Chkdsk from a Command Prompt
window should be enough to find out if the volume is clean or dirty.

 

[Opinicus]

Chkdsk with a fix or repair qualifier /F or /R must run prior to the OS
loading so it can gain exclusive access to the volume. Some programs
interfere with that and cause Chkdsk to fail to run.

Is there a way to *force* Chkdsk to run after a boot and before the OS
loads?

 

[R. McCarty]

Not sure I understand your question. "After a boot" sort of confuses me.
A boot time Chkdsk runs prior to the desktop or GUI loading. Kind of
like between BIOS post and the desktop first appearing. Along with the
Chkdsk command is the ChkNTFS command that allows for configuring
how Autochk functions.

 

[thecreator]

Hi Bob,

Yes there is a way to force Chkdsk to run.

Open My Computer. Highlight your operating system partition / Hard
Drive. Right-click and click Properties.
Click Tools. Click Check Now. Check both options. Click Start. Click Yes
to Schedule. Reboot to run.

 

[Opinicus]

Not sure I understand your question. "After a boot" sort of confuses me.
A boot time Chkdsk runs prior to the desktop or GUI loading. Kind of

Let's say Windows is running I want to run chkdsk/f but I can't became "some
programs interfere with that and cause Chkdsk to fail to run". So how do I
force Chkdsk to run in /f or /r mode the next time I reboot before the OS
loads?

 

[Twayne]

wrote



Let's say Windows is running I want to run
chkdsk/f but I can't
became "some programs interfere with that and
cause Chkdsk to fail to
run". So how do I force Chkdsk to run in /f or
/r mode the next time
I reboot before the OS loads?

Windows should advise you that it needs to
restart in order to run chkdsk /f or /r, etc. If
windows is not giving you this advice when you try
to run chkdsk on your boot drive, then someting
else is wrong.
Process should be: You issue the chkdsk
command; Windows says it can't do it now, asks if
you want to do it on next boot? You say Yes, and
Restart the machine. As the machine restarts, the
POST runs, and then, before it loads windows, it
runs chkdsk for you. When chkdsk closes, it will
continue booting. After it's booted, go to Event
Viewer to see the results of the chkdsk of you're
curious about them.

Note: In some cases of a badly corrupted machine,
if chkdsk hasn't been run regularly, it CAN make
changes that will cause the computer to be
unbootable. So, be sure to back up your valuable
data beforehand, just in case. Chkdsk is a
valuable tool but a disk can get SO messed up that
it's not repairable and the attempt to run chkdsk
speeds up the problem you're about to have anyway,
and the machine won't boot.

HTH,

Twayne

 

[Bob I]

There are some "security programs" that will prevent CHKDSK from running
at boot time. Zone Alarm and Symantec are a couple of known issues.

 

[Opinicus]

Yes there is a way to force Chkdsk to run.
Open My Computer. Highlight your operating system partition / Hard Drive.
Right-click and click Properties.
Click Tools. Click Check Now. Check both options. Click Start. Click Yes
to Schedule. Reboot to run.

That's it. Many thanks.

Is there a way to automate this with a script or something?

 

[JF]

Yes there is a way to force Chkdsk to run.

That's it. Many thanks.
Is there a way to automate this with a script or something?

Start>Run>cmd /k
echo o|chkdsk e: /r /x
(for volume e

You can create a batch file (.BAT) with that command.
Or simply a link with the command :
cmd /k echo o|chkdsk e: /r /x

For more informations :
chkdsk /?
Start>Run>hh ntcmds.chm::/chkdsk.htm
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457122.aspx