boot failure after running scandisk

[rdonges]

I'm using an IBM Thinkpad R31 with Windows XP Pro. When I run scandisk, the
computer fails to boot after scandisk is finished. It will bring up the
Intel boot manager and give me a choice of Safe mode, Normal, Last Good
Configuration, etc. If I choose Normal, scandisk will run again. This will
go on forever I guess. If I try Safe mode, a list if driver files fills the
screen to a certain point and stops, while the hard disk spins continuously
until I manually shut down the computer. The only way I can get the
computer to boot after running scandisk is by selecting Last Good
Configuration. The same problems occur after running chkdsk. Does anyone
know how to fix this? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Randy Donges

 

[John Myers]

This sounds like the problem I am having.... except it
won't run scan disk as it says the autochk file is
missing. When I attempt to boot into safe mode it gives
me a list of devices it is loading and then reboots part
way through.

If I boot normally I recieve the error: "autochk program
not found - Skipping Autocheck" and then the machine
reboots. I have tried booting into safe mode, and last
known good configuration but both of these reboot as well
and do not seem to fix the issue.

If I find anything I will let you know. Unfortunatly the
only option might just be to reinstall the whole mess
again.

 

[rdonges]

I haven't seen the autocheck error on mine. Everything seems to work okay
on my machine until scandisk finishes and starts to reboot. Then XP acts
like it doesn't know it ran scandisk and starts over. It acts like maybe
there's a file it's looking for to tell it scandisk completed okay, and when
it doesn't find the file, it stays in a continuous loop running scandisk. I
just happened to run chkdsk this morning for the first time on this machine,
and it failed to complete booting also, though the sequence wasn't quite the
same as with scandisk. Just a black screen and then no activity. The
computer is working okay. But I run scandisk periodically as a maintenance
procedure, and I'd like to know why it isn't working right.

Randy Donges

 

[Alex Nichol]

This sounds like the problem I am having.... except it
won't run scan disk as it says the autochk file is
missing. When I attempt to boot into safe mode it gives
me a list of devices it is loading and then reboots part
way through.

Presuming you have a 'proper' XP CD, not one of the 'restore' ones, Set
the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead of
Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password requested
is blank, and TAB over.

From that run
CHKDSK /F C: