Disk Check Keeps Restarting

[Guest]

I have windows XP and Windows 98 on the same computer. I was working with
Windows XP then by mistake my computer was disconnected from the electricily
mains. When I turned it back on and tried to load Win XP DiskCheck came and
now it never finishes. It just keeps retarting the computer and starting over
again and again and again.... I can still access Win 98, but how can I log
into XP again? Can I somehow disable the error checking without logging into
Win XP? Please advise.

 

[Roberto]

I have windows XP and Windows 98 on the same computer. I was working with
Windows XP then by mistake my computer was disconnected from the
electricily
mains. When I turned it back on and tried to load Win XP DiskCheck came
and
now it never finishes. It just keeps retarting the computer and starting
over
again and again and again.... I can still access Win 98, but how can I log
into XP again? Can I somehow disable the error checking without logging
into
Win XP? Please advise.

Boot off your XP CD to the recovery console and run this command:

chkdsk /r

for a discription of the recovery console and commands see MS Article ID:
314058


rgds
Roberto

 

[Guest]

Boot off your XP CD to the recovery console and run this command:

chkdsk /r

for a discription of the recovery console and commands see MS Article ID:
314058


rgds
Roberto

Thank you. I tried it earlier today without the '/r' and it worked
perfectly. Everything is back to normal again. By the way what is the /r for?

 

[Roberto]

Thank you. I tried it earlier today without the '/r' and it worked
perfectly. Everything is back to normal again. By the way what is the /r
for?

[quote MS]

chkdsk drive /p /r

The chkdsk command checks the specified drive and repairs or recovers the
drive if the drive requires it.The command also marks any bad sectors and it
recovers readable information.

You can use the following options:
/p : Does an exhaustive check of the drive and corrects any errors.
/r : Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.

Note If you specify the /r option, the /p option is implied. When you
specify the chkdsk command without arguments, the command checks the current
drive with no options in effect.

rgds
Roberto