CHKDSK Count-Down Counter

[Guest]

OK, when I run CHKDSK /F and reboot my WinXP Pro, after the loading-windows
screen it goes to the sky-blue screen showing CHKDSK run and there is a
count-down counter "hit any key to abort run" or something like that.

My problem is the count-down starts at 120sec. It did not do this until
recently, the count-down was 30sec.

So what went wrong and how do I get the count-down back to 30sec?

 

[Bob I]

I will guess the chkntfs t: parameter got changed from 30 to 120

see Help and Support chkntfs for the usage.

 

[Rock]

"Tecknomage" wrote

OK, when I run CHKDSK /F and reboot my WinXP Pro, after the
loading-windows
screen it goes to the sky-blue screen showing CHKDSK run and there is a
count-down counter "hit any key to abort run" or something like that.

My problem is the count-down starts at 120sec. It did not do this until
recently, the count-down was 30sec.

So what went wrong and how do I get the count-down back to 30sec?

Start regedit.exe and locate the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\

"AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000010

The default is 10 seconds. Modify it to what you want. For some reason it
got changed to 120 sec. Before making any changes export a copy of the
current registry key from File | Export.

 

[Tecknomage]

"Tecknomage" wrote

Start regedit.exe and locate the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\

"AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000010

The default is 10 seconds. Modify it to what you want. For some reason it
got changed to 120 sec. Before making any changes export a copy of the
current registry key from File | Export.

Thanks, that worked.

Now all I have to do is figure out what changed it in the first place
so it doesn't happen again.

 

[Bob I]

Hi Rock,

Using

chkntfs /t:10

will set that parameter without running regedit.

 

[Rock]

Hi Rock,

Using

chkntfs /t:10

will set that parameter without running regedit.

Thanks Bob. I didn't know if it would change it for a one time use or
globally. I didn't test it.