Help! chkdsk is in infinite loop

[Oscar Thornell]

Hi,

I ran a chkdsk in WinXP after some events in the log that one of my disks
had bad sectors...

Now the computer is locked in an infinite loop running chkdsk everytime the
computer boots.
The check takes for ever (20 hours+)...it has now been running for several
days...

Any ideas about how a reset would affect my disks/NTFS? The rebooting/10 s
window to abort the chkdsk run is a bit hard to time (need to be at
work...).

I am in stage 4 (file data...). I have important data on the partition being
worked on by chkdsk. I don´t want to end up with a totaly corrupt file
system...it would take forever to clear the mess up...

/Oscar

 

[R. McCarty]

A real issue. Allowing Chkdsk to run for that length of time isn't a
good indicator. This is just one option, but I might do the following.
One - turn the computer off. Locate someone who has XP and an
imaging program. See if they would load up your disk as a second
drive. Use the imaging program to immediately image your drive.
That's assuming that Chkdsk has not done irrevocable repairs on
it. Otherwise, I would do a soft-reset and power off the PC. If you
have access to the web, download the manufacturer's disk diags
program (Boot Floppy or CD-R Iso image) and run that.

 

[Oscar Thornell]

First I didn´t expect the disk to have any logical or physical errors to
start with. I just ran chkdsk to be sure...
That leads me to expect that chkdsk shouldn´t have done any changes on it at
all. (it reports that the system is clean after a run...).

I have done some resarch and stage 4 seems to test read/write to the
sectors...which leads me to belive/guess that it would be ok to reset! I
wouldn´t destroy NTFS just mess up one sector in the data area...

I´ll think I go for the reset option...
Who dares...

/Oscar

 

[Oscar Thornell]

I was unable to abort chkdsk by "hitting any key" it just keeps on running
every time I boots...
Any ideas on how to edit the registry via the Recovery console so that
Windows doesn´t run chkdsk every time?

to be continued..

/

 

[T. Waters]

There is a registry tweak for that at Kelly's Korner
#82 in the left column:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Oscar Thornell]

Ok! How can I edit the registry from the recovery console?

/Oscar

 

[t.cruise]

From Kelly:

Check Disk - Disk Checking Runs Upon Boot
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.co­m/xp_c.htm#cd

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[Oscar Thornell]

Well...the question is how can I edit the registry from the Recovery
Console?
I can´t boot the system so I can´t use regedit or applications like that.

/Oscar

From Kelly:

Check Disk - Disk Checking Runs Upon Boot
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.co­m/xp_c.htm#cd

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Hi,

I ran a chkdsk in WinXP after some events in the log that one of my disks
had bad sectors...

Now the computer is locked in an infinite loop running chkdsk everytime
the
computer boots.
The check takes for ever (20 hours+)...it has now been running for
several
days...

Any ideas about how a reset would affect my disks/NTFS? The rebooting/10
s
window to abort the chkdsk run is a bit hard to time (need to be at
work...).

I am in stage 4 (file data...). I have important data on the partition
being
worked on by chkdsk. I don´t want to end up with a totaly corrupt file
system...it would take forever to clear the mess up...

/Oscar

 

[Kelly]

Ahh....test your drive via diagnostic programs. Slave it to another system.
As for the Recovery Consolde, ensure that your BIOS is set to run from the
CD-Rom as first boot order and run several commands from there. Good luck
either way.

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Well...the question is how can I edit the registry from the Recovery
Console?
I can´t boot the system so I can´t use regedit or applications like that.

/Oscar

From Kelly:

Check Disk - Disk Checking Runs Upon Boot
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.co­m/xp_c.htm#cd

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T.C.
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Hi,

I ran a chkdsk in WinXP after some events in the log that one of my
disks
had bad sectors...

Now the computer is locked in an infinite loop running chkdsk everytime
the
computer boots.
The check takes for ever (20 hours+)...it has now been running for
several
days...

Any ideas about how a reset would affect my disks/NTFS? The rebooting/10
s
window to abort the chkdsk run is a bit hard to time (need to be at
work...).

I am in stage 4 (file data...). I have important data on the partition
being
worked on by chkdsk. I don´t want to end up with a totaly corrupt file
system...it would take forever to clear the mess up...

/Oscar