CHKDSK every time at bootup

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I have been getting a report that one of my disks needs to be checked for
consistency. This just started but happens every time to F: (SATA). There
is never a report after the disk is checked that anything is wrong but still
this goes on. What would cause this and what needs to be done?

Thanks for any response

JB
 
Just said:
I have been getting a report that one of my disks needs to be checked
for
consistency. This just started but happens every time to F: (SATA).
There is never a report after the disk is checked that anything is
wrong but still
this goes on. What would cause this and what needs to be done?

Thanks for any response

JB
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Chkdsk Runs Each Time That You Start Your Computer [Q316506] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316506

Malke
 
I have been getting a report that one of my disks needs to be checked for
consistency. This just started but happens every time to F: (SATA). There
is never a report after the disk is checked that anything is wrong but still
this goes on. What would cause this and what needs to be done?

Thanks for any response

JB
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If all else fails, Scroll down to 82. Disable or Enable Check Disk Upon Boot
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
 
Unk said:
If all else fails, Scroll down to 82. Disable or Enable Check Disk
Upon Boot http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
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Thanks to all for the responses but after trying everything mentioned so
far I am still having this happen. I see what says I have a 'dirty' drive. I
never noticed this phrase until now. I am wondering if I move the files and
format would this help.

Thanks.

JB
 
Just said:
Thanks to all for the responses but after trying everything mentioned
so
far I am still having this happen. I see what says I have a 'dirty'
drive. I never noticed this phrase until now. I am wondering if I move
the files and format would this help.
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If you tried everything suggested including resetting the "dirty bit"
and Chkdsk is till running, get a drive diagnostic utility from the
hard drive mftr.'s website. Run a thorough test to make sure the drive
is not failing. There is no point messing about with software (Windows)
if your drive is physically failing. The newness of the drive is
irrelevant; in fact if hardware is going to fail it will usually do so
pretty quickly.

Malke
 
Malke said:
If you tried everything suggested including resetting the "dirty bit"
and Chkdsk is till running, get a drive diagnostic utility from the
hard drive mftr.'s website. Run a thorough test to make sure the drive
is not failing. There is no point messing about with software
(Windows) if your drive is physically failing. The newness of the
drive is irrelevant; in fact if hardware is going to fail it will
usually do so pretty quickly.

Malke
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I have reviewed the suggested methods and see no mention of what to do to
reset this 'diry bit unless I have missed something.
 
Malke said:
If you tried everything suggested including resetting the "dirty bit"
and Chkdsk is till running, get a drive diagnostic utility from the
hard drive mftr.'s website. Run a thorough test to make sure the drive
is not failing. There is no point messing about with software
(Windows) if your drive is physically failing. The newness of the
drive is irrelevant; in fact if hardware is going to fail it will
usually do so pretty quickly.

Malke
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I just tried running MaxBlast4 but Windows now seems to have a problem and
it wants to shut that app down.
 
Just said:
I have reviewed the suggested methods and see no mention of what to
do to reset this 'diry bit unless I have missed something.
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Make sure you have a backup of anything important on the drive before doing
anything else.

Start ==> Run ==> chkdsk x: /f/r

For x substitute the drive letter you want to check. You may be prompted
that the drive can't be locked and it will run at the next startup. Pick the
option to let it run. Depending on the size of the drive it may take many
hours. It will check the whole drive for bad sectors. If the dirty bit still
doesn't get reset the only option is to overwrite track zero and start again
with a clean install. If this happens it is likely something is wrong with
the drive. Note overwriting track zero will erase the drive. Most
manufacturers have a utility to zero a drive.
 
Just said:
Malke

I just tried running MaxBlast4 but Windows now seems to have a
problem and
it wants to shut that app down.
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You do not run a hard drive diagnostic from within Windows. You create a
bootable floppy or cd and boot the computer with it.

You do not use MaxBlast - the Maxtor diagnostic utility is PowerMax:
http://tinyurl.com/d9ef8

If you have one of the hardware configurations that doesn't work with
PowerMax, you can try Seagate's SeaTools instead. It is always best to
use the drive mftr.'s utility if you can, however.

You want the SeaTools Desktop version
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Malke
 
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