scandisk keeps restarting???? help me stop it

[Guest]

I selected scandisk to scan each of my partitions while I was in Explore.
Windows says it can only do it when it restarts so I shut down and let it
restart. Now the scandisk starts on the last partition first and when it
gets to the next one it crashes and restarts the computer. The whole thing
starts all over again and keeps rebooting. I need to stop this loop. I can
get access to the hard drive files using another windows install so can
someone tell me what file to delete to kill the scandisk request??? I am
using Windows XP Pro on my system. There must be a way to just kill the
scandisk request before the Windows startup.

 

[q_q_anonymous]

I selected scandisk to scan each of my partitions while I was in Explore.
Windows says it can only do it when it restarts so I shut down and let it
restart. Now the scandisk starts on the last partition first and when it
gets to the next one it crashes and restarts the computer. The whole thing
starts all over again and keeps rebooting. I need to stop this loop. I can
get access to the hard drive files using another windows install so can
someone tell me what file to delete to kill the scandisk request??? I am
using Windows XP Pro on my system. There must be a way to just kill the
scandisk request before the Windows startup.

By the way-
Win 9X has scandisk, you would edit msdos.sys and type bootscan=0 just
ilke you can do bootsafe=0. Equivalent to win XP's /safeboot switch in
boot.ini.
Win 9X setup has a similar problem sometimes preventing one from
installing windows hence a setup /is switch to ignore scandisk.

On to your problem
Win XP has chkdsk not scandisk, it is chkdsk that you are referring to.
Had you known that you may have found the ans via google + kellys
korner
Here it is
I did edit..find..chkdsk , as of today it's the second occurrence of
chkdsk on that page that is relevant.
There is more info on that page, this is an extract which I think you
should try
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm

"Chkdsk Runs Each Time That You Start Computer"
.......
Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Highlight the Winlogon file.

In the list look for "SFCScan", this should be set to (0) if it is set
to (1) the scan will happen at every boot.
....

 

[Guest]

I appreciate your response.
all of that would be great if I could get to the regedit of the bad windows
directory. I can boot the computer with a new install of winXP but don't know
how I can look at the Registry of the windows I'm trying to get back to. I
can't get the system booted in the other install of WinXP. The chkdsk keeps
crashing and rebooting the system. The only way I can get to regedit is in
the multi boot selecting the second instalation. Fixing this problem sound
like it won't be hard if I can get access to the registry of the other
windows install.

 

[q_q_anonymous]

I appreciate your response.
all of that would be great if I could get to the regedit of the bad windows
directory. I can boot the computer with a new install of winXP but don't know
how I can look at the Registry of the windows I'm trying to get back to. I
can't get the system booted in the other install of WinXP. The chkdsk keeps
crashing and rebooting the system. The only way I can get to regedit is in
the multi boot selecting the second instalation. Fixing this problem sound
like it won't be hard if I can get access to the registry of the other
windows install.

can you do safe mode?

if not..

i'm not sure the best way to go about this, but one way would be
"How to edit the registry offline using BartPE boot CD ?"
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/peboot.htm

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/download/

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