Consistency Check

[Guest]

Hi

I am not sure this is the correct NG, but I don't know where else to post.
I am using XP SP2 on a PC with 1.4 P4 CPU with 784 Meg RAM.
I have 1 x 40 Gig and 1 x 80 Gig hard drives.
Yesterday when I turned the PC on I got a message that Windows
was about to run a consistency check.
The check started, all I could see was lines of text running up the screen
too fast to read. After two hours I shut the PC down, then restarted it and
the same thing happened, resulting in another consistency check.
The consistency check has now been running for 14 hours.

Can anyone please tell me what is going on?

thanks

 

[Lem]

Hi

I am not sure this is the correct NG, but I don't know where else to post.
I am using XP SP2 on a PC with 1.4 P4 CPU with 784 Meg RAM.
I have 1 x 40 Gig and 1 x 80 Gig hard drives.
Yesterday when I turned the PC on I got a message that Windows
was about to run a consistency check.
The check started, all I could see was lines of text running up the screen
too fast to read. After two hours I shut the PC down, then restarted it and
the same thing happened, resulting in another consistency check.
The consistency check has now been running for 14 hours.

Can anyone please tell me what is going on?

thanks

Sounds a bit suspicious. Open Task Manager (<CTRL><ALT><DEL>) and see what
application/process is running. Then Google on that process name.

 

[Lem]

Sounds a bit suspicious. Open Task Manager (<CTRL><ALT><DEL>) and see what
application/process is running. Then Google on that process name.

Do you have any external disks? See
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/1045287367
and http://help.lockergnome.com/lofiversion/index.php/t2336.html

 

[Guest]

Sounds a bit suspicious. Open Task Manager (<CTRL><ALT><DEL>) and see what
application/process is running. Then Google on that process name.

When I press Ctrl+alt_del nothing happens

BTW I have full virus and firewall protection plus MS Antispyware running.

regards

 

[Guest]

Do you have any external disks? See
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/1045287367
and http://help.lockergnome.com/lofiversion/index.php/t2336.html

No, I have no exrternal discs

 

[Lem]

BTW I have full virus and firewall protection plus MS Antispyware running.

regards

If you can re-boot into Safe Mode, try running

Adaware SE (the free one) http://www.lavasoft.de/
and
Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

in Safe Mode. Be sure to get updated definitions before you run the scans. It's
not clear if you are posting from the computer with the "consistency check" issue.
If you are, then you probably will be able to download and update AdAware and
Spybot. If the consistency check is taking up 100% of the resources and won['t let
you do anything else, you'll have to get these apps on another computer and burn a
CD. The AdAware FAQ explains how to do a "manual update" by just copying the new
definitions file into the appropriate directory. I imagine Spybot works similarly.

 

[Rock]

Hi

I am not sure this is the correct NG, but I don't know where else to post.
I am using XP SP2 on a PC with 1.4 P4 CPU with 784 Meg RAM.
I have 1 x 40 Gig and 1 x 80 Gig hard drives.
Yesterday when I turned the PC on I got a message that Windows
was about to run a consistency check.
The check started, all I could see was lines of text running up the screen
too fast to read. After two hours I shut the PC down, then restarted it and
the same thing happened, resulting in another consistency check.
The consistency check has now been running for 14 hours.

Can anyone please tell me what is going on?

thanks

Download a drive diagnostic utility from the drive manufacturer's web
site. This will create a bootable floppy or CD. Boot from that and run
the diagnostics on the drive.

 

[Guest]

Download a drive diagnostic utility from the drive manufacturer's web
site. This will create a bootable floppy or CD. Boot from that and run
the diagnostics on the drive.

Thanks, I have the disc and ran a check
two weeks ago after a BSOD and everything was fine, maybe that is the problem
this time.

BTW I run Adaware and Spybot and MS Antispyware at least once a fortnight,
and Windows Update weekly.

regards

 

[Daniel]

Thanks, I have the disc and ran a check
two weeks ago after a BSOD and everything was fine, maybe that is the
problem
this time.

BTW I run Adaware and Spybot and MS Antispyware at least once a fortnight,
and Windows Update weekly.

regards

I rebooted my PC into safe mode and checked in explorer, the second hard
drive,
the f drive does not show in Explorer.
I ran the Maxtor Hard Drive test floppy,
quick test and full test, and it reports all is okay.
The maxtor site says I need to run the Windows Disk
management and partitioning Wizard, but I think that will
erase all the data on the drive?

cheers

Daniel

 

[Malke]

I rebooted my PC into safe mode and checked in explorer, the second
hard drive,
the f drive does not show in Explorer.
I ran the Maxtor Hard Drive test floppy,
quick test and full test, and it reports all is okay.
The maxtor site says I need to run the Windows Disk
management and partitioning Wizard, but I think that will
erase all the data on the drive?

I'm assuming this is a second hard drive used for data. Boot into
Knoppix, a Linux distro that runs from cd, and hopefully it will see
the data. Copy the data by burning to cd/dvd-r, transferring to a usb
thumbdrive, or an external hard drive (formatted FAT32 only). Once your
data is safe, delete the partition on the drive, create a new one and
partition it.

Here's some information about using Knoppix:

You will need a computer with two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw
OR a usb thumb drive with enough capacity to hold your data OR a usb
external hard drive formatted FAT32 (no writing to NTFS). To get
Knoppix, you need a computer with a fast Internet connection and
third-party burning software. Download the Knoppix .iso from
www.knoppix.net and create your bootable cd. Then boot with it and it
will be able to see the Windows files. If you are using the usb thumb
drive or external hard drive, right-click on its icon (on the Desktop)
to get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read Only". Then
click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action in the
window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single-click to open instead
of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the K3b
burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.

Malke

 

[Daniel]

I'm assuming this is a second hard drive used for data. Boot into
Knoppix, a Linux distro that runs from cd, and hopefully it will see
the data. Copy the data by burning to cd/dvd-r, transferring to a usb
thumbdrive, or an external hard drive (formatted FAT32 only). Once your
data is safe, delete the partition on the drive, create a new one and
partition it.

Here's some information about using Knoppix:

You will need a computer with two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw
OR a usb thumb drive with enough capacity to hold your data OR a usb
external hard drive formatted FAT32 (no writing to NTFS). To get
Knoppix, you need a computer with a fast Internet connection and
third-party burning software. Download the Knoppix .iso from
www.knoppix.net and create your bootable cd. Then boot with it and it
will be able to see the Windows files. If you are using the usb thumb
drive or external hard drive, right-click on its icon (on the Desktop)
to get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read Only". Then
click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action in the
window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single-click to open instead
of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the K3b
burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Okay, I'll give it a go.

thanks

Daniel