Can't run CheckDisk (ScanDdisk)

[JCO]

Running WindowsXP Home Edition sp2;

System boots and wants to run checkdisk but will not get pass zero percent.
I booted using a Win98 disk and ran scandisk. Made a fix on partition C.
But my system still has two issues:
1. How do I remove the requirement to run checkdisk? I'm sure it is in the
Registry but I can't find it. Nothing in HKLM-RunOnce or HKCU-Run. Thanks.

2. The more severe issue is to figure out what is wrong with the systems
CheckDisk system as to why it wont run when needed again. Thanks

 

[Dave B.]

First thing to do is run the hard drive mfg's diagnostic utility on the
drive and verify whether the drive is actually good or is failing. This can
be downloaded from their website.

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[JCO]

Did that. The drive is perfect. No Errors No Issues.

 

[Dave B.]

Is your file system FAT or NTFS? Have you booted from your XP disk to the
recovery console and run chkdsk from there? I would not recommend a Win98
disk for any type of maintenance on you XP volumes.

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[Rock]

Running WindowsXP Home Edition sp2;

System boots and wants to run checkdisk but will not get pass zero
percent. I booted using a Win98 disk and ran scandisk. Made a fix on
partition C. But my system still has two issues:
1. How do I remove the requirement to run checkdisk? I'm sure it is in
the Registry but I can't find it. Nothing in HKLM-RunOnce or HKCU-Run.
Thanks.

2. The more severe issue is to figure out what is wrong with the systems
CheckDisk system as to why it wont run when needed again. Thanks

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
Click on "C" and scroll to "Check Disk - Disk Checking Runs Upon Boot" for
some tips.

 

[JCO]

I went directly to chkdsk.exe and ran it.
It runs fine and performed the check on all the partitions. No errors were
found.
I also used Western Digital Data Life Tools Ver 11.3. I found these tools
usless because they focus on setting up your harddrive.

What other tools will tell me if the drive is near failure?
Its an 80GB Western Digital.

 

[JCO]

My mistake. The harddrive is bad. I put a new one on and all is working
fine.

 

[Plato]

I went directly to chkdsk.exe and ran it.
It runs fine and performed the check on all the partitions. No errors were
found.
I also used Western Digital Data Life Tools Ver 11.3. I found these tools
usless because they focus on setting up your harddrive.

What other tools will tell me if the drive is near failure?
Its an 80GB Western Digital.

WD drives commonly click, either loud or soft just before failure.