How do I stop auto error checking the hard drive on startup

[Damien]

Something must have happened to my hard drive and without me wanting it to
XP was doing a consistency check and I found the this check had deleted
files.

Is there a way of stopping XP Pro from doing an error checking a hard drive
when it boots up.

Thanks

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Damien

You need to find out why Error Checking is automatically occurring not stop
it
happening.

I would try HD Tune (freeware).
Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on C:\ under Drive letter
and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.

Also do a full surface scan with HD Tune.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[WTC]

Something must have happened to my hard drive and without me
wanting it to XP was doing a consistency check and I found the
this check had deleted files.

Is there a way of stopping XP Pro from doing an error checking
a hard drive when it boots up.

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

Perform method three first to check for a damage hard drive or file system.

 

[Damien]

Hello, Thanks for the replies.

Chkdsk can do more damage if it encounters a problem with a hard drive.

I really would like to stop the Chkdsk all together if possible.

Thanks