How do I stop scandisk from trying to run at startup

[Guest]

I was in safe mode and i tried to run scandisk. I received a message that
scandisk was unable to run because the disk was locked and would I like to
run scandisk at the next restart. I said yes to that, and now, as soon as it
tries to start the scandisk, I recieve a Blue Screen about Multiple IRP
Complete Requests. I want to know if I can go into the Recovery console or
some method to stop scandisk from trying to run. If anyone has any
information, PLEASE let me know.

Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

If you get an error something to the effect "cannot open volume for direct
access" There is some system/boot start device that is reading/writing to
the drive before chkdsk can get a lock on the drive. Some anti-virus
applications do this.

You can also run;
chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f and /p)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%



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Regards,

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Microsoft Certified Professional
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:
|I was in safe mode and i tried to run scandisk. I received a message that
| scandisk was unable to run because the disk was locked and would I like to
| run scandisk at the next restart. I said yes to that, and now, as soon as
it
| tries to start the scandisk, I recieve a Blue Screen about Multiple IRP
| Complete Requests. I want to know if I can go into the Recovery console
or
| some method to stop scandisk from trying to run. If anyone has any
| information, PLEASE let me know.
|
| Thanks
|

 

[Eric McG]

I assume you really meant "chkdsk", since scandisk is not used by Win2K.

If so, you can use chkntfs.exe to disable chkdsk. See this article for details:

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160963&Product=win2000

 

[Guest]

Eric, it sounds like your post will work,... BUT... Recovery console will not
let me run CHKNTFS. Any ideas!!

 

[Eric McG]

Chkntfs.exe is run from a command prompt or from Windows it's Start > Run, then
enter "cmd /k chkntfs /x c:" w/o the quotes, then click on OK.

 

[Guest]

Well remember, I can't get to windows, the only thing I can get to is the
recovery console prompt. Any other ways to turn that bit off from the
recovery console

 

[Eric McG]

Sorry, I thought that you could still get into the Safe mode.

I'm not aware of any way to run the utility from the Recovery Console.

 

[Guest]

Nope, can not get in. I will start a new thread asking how to edit the
registry from the Recovery console because if Ican get to the hive/key,
maybe i can manually edit the value?!.

Thanks for your help.