Disk Defragmenter

[Jim]

When trying to perform a defrag I get the following message: Disk
Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is sceduled to run on the volume (C.
From previuos info Chkdsk is suppossed to start itself upon a re-boot. But it
does not. I downloaded a third party 30 day trial Disk Defragmenter to try (
Diskeeper 2008) but it gives me a meesage that it cannot run until the Chkdsk
has run. I have Windows XP........any suggestions?

 

[MowGreen [MVP]]

When trying to perform a defrag I get the following message: Disk
Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is sceduled to run on the volume (C.
From previuos info Chkdsk is suppossed to start itself upon a re-boot. But it
does not. I downloaded a third party 30 day trial Disk Defragmenter to try (
Diskeeper 2008) but it gives me a meesage that it cannot run until the Chkdsk
has run. I have Windows XP........any suggestions?

Jim,

See this KB: How to Cancel CHKDSK After It Has Been Scheduled
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158675

It applies to XP, too.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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[Jim]

Thanks for the info, but apparently that fix only works on Windows NT.......
Thanks anyway Mow

 

[Jim]

I could not find Bootexecute in the registry location provided by the info

When trying to perform a defrag I get the following message: Disk
Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is sceduled to run on the volume (C.
From previuos info Chkdsk is suppossed to start itself upon a re-boot. But it
does not. I downloaded a third party 30 day trial Disk Defragmenter to try (
Diskeeper 2008) but it gives me a meesage that it cannot run until the Chkdsk
has run. I have Windows XP........any suggestions?

Jim,

See this KB: How to Cancel CHKDSK After It Has Been Scheduled
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158675

It applies to XP, too.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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[R. McCarty]

You can use SysInternal's AutoRuns tool to inhibit the AutoChk call at
boot up.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

I could not find Bootexecute in the registry location provided by the info

When trying to perform a defrag I get the following message: Disk
Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is sceduled to run on the volume
(C.
From previuos info Chkdsk is suppossed to start itself upon a re-boot.
But it
does not. I downloaded a third party 30 day trial Disk Defragmenter to
try (
Diskeeper 2008) but it gives me a meesage that it cannot run until the
Chkdsk
has run. I have Windows XP........any suggestions?

Jim,

See this KB: How to Cancel CHKDSK After It Has Been Scheduled
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158675

It applies to XP, too.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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[Gary S. Terhune]

It's in my XP Pro, and I don't even have CHKDSK set to run. In mine, the
entry is:
BootExecute = autocheck autochk *lsdelete, but that last part belongs to
Lavasoft (AdAware) and is not required.

Are you SURE you're in the right Key?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

If so. right-click the empty space on the right side, New>"Multi-string
value". Name it BootExecute (no space), then double-click it and type in:
autocheck autochk *
Then click OK.
Close Regedit and restart.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

I could not find Bootexecute in the registry location provided by the info

When trying to perform a defrag I get the following message: Disk
Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is sceduled to run on the volume
(C.
From previuos info Chkdsk is suppossed to start itself upon a re-boot.
But it
does not. I downloaded a third party 30 day trial Disk Defragmenter to
try (
Diskeeper 2008) but it gives me a meesage that it cannot run until the
Chkdsk
has run. I have Windows XP........any suggestions?

Jim,

See this KB: How to Cancel CHKDSK After It Has Been Scheduled
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158675

It applies to XP, too.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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[John John (MVP)]

It also applies to Windows XP. You can change the setting at a command
prompt with the following command:

chkntfs /d

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

John

 

[Gerry]

Jim

You say chkdsk does not run. What actually happens in terms of messages?

Run Disk CleanUp and see if that makes any difference.

How much free disk space is there on C?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Jim]

Thanks Gary,

That worked great, I can now defrag my computer........Again Thanks

Jim

It's in my XP Pro, and I don't even have CHKDSK set to run. In mine, the
entry is:
BootExecute = autocheck autochk *lsdelete, but that last part belongs to
Lavasoft (AdAware) and is not required.

Are you SURE you're in the right Key?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

If so. right-click the empty space on the right side, New>"Multi-string
value". Name it BootExecute (no space), then double-click it and type in:
autocheck autochk *
Then click OK.
Close Regedit and restart.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

I could not find Bootexecute in the registry location provided by the info

Jim wrote:

When trying to perform a defrag I get the following message: Disk
Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is sceduled to run on the volume
(C.
From previuos info Chkdsk is suppossed to start itself upon a re-boot.
But it
does not. I downloaded a third party 30 day trial Disk Defragmenter to
try (
Diskeeper 2008) but it gives me a meesage that it cannot run until the
Chkdsk
has run. I have Windows XP........any suggestions?

Jim,

See this KB: How to Cancel CHKDSK After It Has Been Scheduled
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158675

It applies to XP, too.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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[Gary S. Terhune]

YW. Hope you still have some of the Sunday paper left to read while defrag
does its thing., <s>.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

Thanks Gary,

That worked great, I can now defrag my computer........Again Thanks

Jim

It's in my XP Pro, and I don't even have CHKDSK set to run. In mine, the
entry is:
BootExecute = autocheck autochk *lsdelete, but that last part belongs to
Lavasoft (AdAware) and is not required.

Are you SURE you're in the right Key?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

If so. right-click the empty space on the right side, New>"Multi-string
value". Name it BootExecute (no space), then double-click it and type in:
autocheck autochk *
Then click OK.
Close Regedit and restart.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

I could not find Bootexecute in the registry location provided by the
info

:

Jim wrote:

When trying to perform a defrag I get the following message: Disk
Defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is sceduled to run on the
volume
(C.
From previuos info Chkdsk is suppossed to start itself upon a
re-boot.
But it
does not. I downloaded a third party 30 day trial Disk Defragmenter
to
try (
Diskeeper 2008) but it gives me a meesage that it cannot run until
the
Chkdsk
has run. I have Windows XP........any suggestions?

Jim,

See this KB: How to Cancel CHKDSK After It Has Been Scheduled
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158675

It applies to XP, too.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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