Will shutting down WinXP during Disk Check corrupt any data?

[Loosley]

Originally posted to mediacenter forum in error. Sorry...

Hi,

I started running the Windows XP Disk Check utility on my hard drive.
During the disk check , I shutdown Windows (Start -> Shutdown). Will I have
any disk errors as a result of shutting down Windows during the disk check?

Note that I shutdown Windows from the Start menu, not a hard power-off.

Here is how I started the disk check:

My Computer -> right click on hard-disk -> Tools -> Error Checking
- clicked 'Automatically fix file system errors'
- clicked 'Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors'
- clicked 'Start'

Thanks,
Loosley

 

[Big Al]

Originally posted to mediacenter forum in error. Sorry...

Hi,

I started running the Windows XP Disk Check utility on my hard drive.
During the disk check , I shutdown Windows (Start -> Shutdown). Will I have
any disk errors as a result of shutting down Windows during the disk check?

Note that I shutdown Windows from the Start menu, not a hard power-off.

Here is how I started the disk check:

My Computer -> right click on hard-disk -> Tools -> Error Checking
- clicked 'Automatically fix file system errors'
- clicked 'Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors'
- clicked 'Start'

Thanks,
Loosley

It wouldn't be my first choice.!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Originally posted to mediacenter forum in error. Sorry...

Hi,

I started running the Windows XP Disk Check utility on my hard drive.
During the disk check , I shutdown Windows (Start -> Shutdown). Will I
have
any disk errors as a result of shutting down Windows during the disk
check?

Note that I shutdown Windows from the Start menu, not a hard power-off.

Here is how I started the disk check:

My Computer -> right click on hard-disk -> Tools -> Error Checking
- clicked 'Automatically fix file system errors'
- clicked 'Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors'
- clicked 'Start'

Thanks,
Loosley

I have heard of machines whose file system got thrashed because
of a reboot in the middle of chkdsk.

 

[Mary]

If you didn't reboot to allow it to run, it will run on next boot. It doesn't
run from within Windows.

 

[Ron Badour]

You are going to have to reboot and find out if you did damage. I don't
recommend that you do this again because like Pegasus, I have seen system
files go missing.