Disc Scan at Startup

[mario]

I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 with Windows XP Pro, Netgear wireless external
card, Norton Anitvirus 2005. Recently it has started to do this when I turn
it on: the blue Dell screen comes up and then immediately goes black and a
white scan bar appears (with no text anywhere) at the bottom. It takes
about 8 minutes to scan halfway through the bar then zips through the rest
and goes into a blue screen that wants to check the disc for continuity. I
can opt to cancel this by hitting any key within 10 seconds, or let it scan
and it takes another 10 min or so to finish. When done it says the file is
Fat32, Volume Serial #1046-82AC but no report of anything wrong. Then the
Windows password box comes up and I can log on. I cannot get out of the
black screen w/white bar - I've tried delete,cont-alt-del, esc,nothing lets
me out and there is no text saying what it is doing - the noise it makes
sounds like a disc scan of some sort. The blue screen that does the Fat32
scan used to come up only when I turned the laptop off with the power button
(rarely) - now it comes up always. Recently I downloaded Spybot which made
me empty my 'temp' file and I thought that might be the source of the
problem so I uninstalled it (after trying unsuccessfully Spybot's recovery
wizard) but the laptop still does the scan at startup. I don't know if
Spybot plays a role in this or not, it's just that that is the most recent
thing I've downloaded. I also tried the Windows System Restore but no
matter which date I went to, when I clicked on 'next' in the restore wizard,
nothing happened. System Configuration Utility is set to Normal Startup
Mode. I also tried the F8 key to start the laptop in the last working
configuration but the white scan bar just appeared when I hit 'enter' and
ran its course. When I tried 'safe mode' the screen showed a bunch of
System 32 files as the scan came up with no scan bar. I do not really want
to format the laptop, but cannot let it take 15 minutes to start up - is
there anything I can try to eliminate this 'scanning' at power-up and get it
back to its 'normal'? I would appreciate any thoughts / ideas on this!

Thank you.
Falling asleep at Startup,
Alicia

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter. Then type in:
chkntfs /x c: , and hit enter. Reboot your computer.

[This disables CHKDSK from running on drive C:]

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963

Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe starts when you try to shut down or restart your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=831426

I would strongly recommend that you convert your FAT32 drive
to NTFS. Here is the procedure:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm


[Courtesy of Alex Nichol, MS-MVP]



Make sure to defrag your drive after the conversion is completed.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 with Windows XP Pro, Netgear wireless external
| card, Norton Anitvirus 2005. Recently it has started to do this when I turn
| it on: the blue Dell screen comes up and then immediately goes black and a
| white scan bar appears (with no text anywhere) at the bottom. It takes
| about 8 minutes to scan halfway through the bar then zips through the rest
| and goes into a blue screen that wants to check the disc for continuity. I
| can opt to cancel this by hitting any key within 10 seconds, or let it scan
| and it takes another 10 min or so to finish. When done it says the file is
| Fat32, Volume Serial #1046-82AC but no report of anything wrong. Then the
| Windows password box comes up and I can log on. I cannot get out of the
| black screen w/white bar - I've tried delete,cont-alt-del, esc,nothing lets
| me out and there is no text saying what it is doing - the noise it makes
| sounds like a disc scan of some sort. The blue screen that does the Fat32
| scan used to come up only when I turned the laptop off with the power button
| (rarely) - now it comes up always. Recently I downloaded Spybot which made
| me empty my 'temp' file and I thought that might be the source of the
| problem so I uninstalled it (after trying unsuccessfully Spybot's recovery
| wizard) but the laptop still does the scan at startup. I don't know if
| Spybot plays a role in this or not, it's just that that is the most recent
| thing I've downloaded. I also tried the Windows System Restore but no
| matter which date I went to, when I clicked on 'next' in the restore wizard,
| nothing happened. System Configuration Utility is set to Normal Startup
| Mode. I also tried the F8 key to start the laptop in the last working
| configuration but the white scan bar just appeared when I hit 'enter' and
| ran its course. When I tried 'safe mode' the screen showed a bunch of
| System 32 files as the scan came up with no scan bar. I do not really want
| to format the laptop, but cannot let it take 15 minutes to start up - is
| there anything I can try to eliminate this 'scanning' at power-up and get it
| back to its 'normal'? I would appreciate any thoughts / ideas on this!
|
| Thank you.
| Falling asleep at Startup,
| Alicia

 

[Alicia]

I tried what you said - type in CMD, then chkntfs /x c: and that did stop
the disc scan with the blue window but the first thing that came up was the
black window with the white scan bar again, which I let run, then I was able
to log on. So it solved half the problem but I still need to know how to
get rid of that black/white scan that doesn't show any text. I appreciate
your help - any tips on this? when this is all resolved I will look into
converting to NTFS.

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter. Then type in:
chkntfs /x c: , and hit enter. Reboot your computer.

[This disables CHKDSK from running on drive C:]

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963

Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe starts when you try to shut down or restart your
computer
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=831426

I would strongly recommend that you convert your FAT32 drive
to NTFS. Here is the procedure:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm


[Courtesy of Alex Nichol, MS-MVP]



Make sure to defrag your drive after the conversion is completed.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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:

| I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 with Windows XP Pro, Netgear wireless
external
| card, Norton Anitvirus 2005. Recently it has started to do this when I
turn
| it on: the blue Dell screen comes up and then immediately goes black and
a
| white scan bar appears (with no text anywhere) at the bottom. It takes
| about 8 minutes to scan halfway through the bar then zips through the
rest
| and goes into a blue screen that wants to check the disc for continuity.
I
| can opt to cancel this by hitting any key within 10 seconds, or let it
scan
| and it takes another 10 min or so to finish. When done it says the file
is
| Fat32, Volume Serial #1046-82AC but no report of anything wrong. Then
the
| Windows password box comes up and I can log on. I cannot get out of the
| black screen w/white bar - I've tried delete,cont-alt-del, esc,nothing
lets
| me out and there is no text saying what it is doing - the noise it makes
| sounds like a disc scan of some sort. The blue screen that does the
Fat32
| scan used to come up only when I turned the laptop off with the power
button
| (rarely) - now it comes up always. Recently I downloaded Spybot which
made
| me empty my 'temp' file and I thought that might be the source of the
| problem so I uninstalled it (after trying unsuccessfully Spybot's
recovery
| wizard) but the laptop still does the scan at startup. I don't know if
| Spybot plays a role in this or not, it's just that that is the most
recent
| thing I've downloaded. I also tried the Windows System Restore but no
| matter which date I went to, when I clicked on 'next' in the restore
wizard,
| nothing happened. System Configuration Utility is set to Normal
Startup
| Mode. I also tried the F8 key to start the laptop in the last working
| configuration but the white scan bar just appeared when I hit 'enter'
and
| ran its course. When I tried 'safe mode' the screen showed a bunch of
| System 32 files as the scan came up with no scan bar. I do not really
want
| to format the laptop, but cannot let it take 15 minutes to start up - is
| there anything I can try to eliminate this 'scanning' at power-up and
get it
| back to its 'normal'? I would appreciate any thoughts / ideas on this!
|
| Thank you.
| Falling asleep at Startup,
| Alicia

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The scan is not a feature that the user can turn off. To determine if the
system is satisfied that it has successfully attended to the problem that
triggered the scans, simply reboot to see if it occurs again. All of this
is part of XP's 'self healing' capabilities.
--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

I tried what you said - type in CMD, then chkntfs /x c: and that did stop
the disc scan with the blue window but the first thing that came up was the
black window with the white scan bar again, which I let run, then I was
able to log on. So it solved half the problem but I still need to know how
to get rid of that black/white scan that doesn't show any text. I
appreciate your help - any tips on this? when this is all resolved I will
look into converting to NTFS.

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter. Then type in:
chkntfs /x c: , and hit enter. Reboot your computer.

[This disables CHKDSK from running on drive C:]

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963

Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe starts when you try to shut down or restart
your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=831426

I would strongly recommend that you convert your FAT32 drive
to NTFS. Here is the procedure:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm


[Courtesy of Alex Nichol, MS-MVP]



Make sure to defrag your drive after the conversion is completed.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 with Windows XP Pro, Netgear wireless
external
| card, Norton Anitvirus 2005. Recently it has started to do this when I
turn
| it on: the blue Dell screen comes up and then immediately goes black
and a
| white scan bar appears (with no text anywhere) at the bottom. It takes
| about 8 minutes to scan halfway through the bar then zips through the
rest
| and goes into a blue screen that wants to check the disc for
continuity. I
| can opt to cancel this by hitting any key within 10 seconds, or let it
scan
| and it takes another 10 min or so to finish. When done it says the
file is
| Fat32, Volume Serial #1046-82AC but no report of anything wrong. Then
the
| Windows password box comes up and I can log on. I cannot get out of
the
| black screen w/white bar - I've tried delete,cont-alt-del, esc,nothing
lets
| me out and there is no text saying what it is doing - the noise it
makes
| sounds like a disc scan of some sort. The blue screen that does the
Fat32
| scan used to come up only when I turned the laptop off with the power
button
| (rarely) - now it comes up always. Recently I downloaded Spybot which
made
| me empty my 'temp' file and I thought that might be the source of the
| problem so I uninstalled it (after trying unsuccessfully Spybot's
recovery
| wizard) but the laptop still does the scan at startup. I don't know if
| Spybot plays a role in this or not, it's just that that is the most
recent
| thing I've downloaded. I also tried the Windows System Restore but no
| matter which date I went to, when I clicked on 'next' in the restore
wizard,
| nothing happened. System Configuration Utility is set to Normal
Startup
| Mode. I also tried the F8 key to start the laptop in the last working
| configuration but the white scan bar just appeared when I hit 'enter'
and
| ran its course. When I tried 'safe mode' the screen showed a bunch of
| System 32 files as the scan came up with no scan bar. I do not really
want
| to format the laptop, but cannot let it take 15 minutes to start up -
is
| there anything I can try to eliminate this 'scanning' at power-up and
get it
| back to its 'normal'? I would appreciate any thoughts / ideas on this!
|
| Thank you.
| Falling asleep at Startup,
| Alicia

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Alicia

Hold old is your computer?

Who is the manufacturer of your hard drive? What model?

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Hope this helps.

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I tried what you said - type in CMD, then chkntfs /x c: and that did
stop the disc scan with the blue window but the first thing that came
up was the black window with the white scan bar again, which I let run,
then I was able to log on. So it solved half the problem but I still
need to know how to get rid of that black/white scan that doesn't show
any text. I appreciate your help - any tips on this? when this is all
resolved I will look into converting to NTFS.

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter. Then type in:
chkntfs /x c: , and hit enter. Reboot your computer.

[This disables CHKDSK from running on drive C:]

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963

Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe starts when you try to shut down or restart
your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=831426

I would strongly recommend that you convert your FAT32 drive
to NTFS. Here is the procedure:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm


[Courtesy of Alex Nichol, MS-MVP]



Make sure to defrag your drive after the conversion is completed.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 with Windows XP Pro, Netgear wireless
external
| card, Norton Anitvirus 2005. Recently it has started to do this
when I turn
| it on: the blue Dell screen comes up and then immediately goes
black and a
| white scan bar appears (with no text anywhere) at the bottom. It
takes
| about 8 minutes to scan halfway through the bar then zips through
the rest
| and goes into a blue screen that wants to check the disc for
continuity. I
| can opt to cancel this by hitting any key within 10 seconds, or let
it scan
| and it takes another 10 min or so to finish. When done it says the
file is
| Fat32, Volume Serial #1046-82AC but no report of anything wrong.
Then the
| Windows password box comes up and I can log on. I cannot get out
of the
| black screen w/white bar - I've tried delete,cont-alt-del,
esc,nothing lets
| me out and there is no text saying what it is doing - the noise it
makes
| sounds like a disc scan of some sort. The blue screen that does
the Fat32
| scan used to come up only when I turned the laptop off with the
power button
| (rarely) - now it comes up always. Recently I downloaded Spybot
which made
| me empty my 'temp' file and I thought that might be the source of
the
| problem so I uninstalled it (after trying unsuccessfully Spybot's
recovery
| wizard) but the laptop still does the scan at startup. I don't
know if
| Spybot plays a role in this or not, it's just that that is the most
recent
| thing I've downloaded. I also tried the Windows System Restore but
no
| matter which date I went to, when I clicked on 'next' in the
restore wizard,
| nothing happened. System Configuration Utility is set to Normal
Startup
| Mode. I also tried the F8 key to start the laptop in the last
working
| configuration but the white scan bar just appeared when I hit
'enter' and
| ran its course. When I tried 'safe mode' the screen showed a bunch
of
| System 32 files as the scan came up with no scan bar. I do not
really want
| to format the laptop, but cannot let it take 15 minutes to start
up - is
| there anything I can try to eliminate this 'scanning' at power-up
and get it
| back to its 'normal'? I would appreciate any thoughts / ideas on
this!
|
| Thank you.
| Falling asleep at Startup,
| Alicia