Prevent checkdisk from running on boot?

[Peter Bungart]

I recently had a corrupt registry problem that I was able to fix, but now my
system performs a checkdisk on all my partitions (of which there are several
on multiple drives) except the boot partition every time I boot. It does not
report any errors, but is an annoyance.

The BootExecute line in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager is set to
"autocheck autochk *"

I thought this was the normal default setting, but can't understand why this
is happening. I use Partition Magic 8 & Norton SystemWorks 2004, but don't
see why these would be ordering the Checkdisk either.

Any suggestions? WinXP Pro, BTW. Thanks.

Peter

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Peter;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Name: SFCScan
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
Name: AutoChkTimeOut
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

 

[Peter Bungart]

Wesley,
Thanks for the tip, but I'm afraid it didn't solve the problem. The result
was that checkdisk ran anyway, but without the option to skip analyzing the
partitions within the normal 10 seconds. Any other suggestions?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Peter;
I may have forgotten this one.
Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

Look for the REG_MULTI_SZ value with the following name: BootExecute.
This value contains commands that will be executed at startup. The
default value is: autocheck autochk *

If you don't want any checks to be performed, delete all autocheck
entries.
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
Name: BootExecute
Type: REG_MULTI_SZ
Data: Blank, nothing, nada, white space, air

 

[Doug]

Go to your root directory c:\, open the boot.ini file and delete
whatever is after fastdetect
Cheers Doug
Wesley,
Thanks for the tip, but I'm afraid it didn't solve the problem. The
result
was that checkdisk ran anyway, but without the option to skip analyzing
the
partitions within the normal 10 seconds. Any other suggestions?

Peter;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Name: SFCScan
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
Name: AutoChkTimeOut
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

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[Peter Bungart]

Thanks Wes, that did the trick. I wanted to try just deleting that value in
the first place, but since one of my registry 'tweaks' caused my corrupted
registry problem in the 1st place, & for some reason initiated the auto
check, I was hesitant. I thought that "autocheck autochk *" was the default
value. Am I correct? Should I think about restoring the BootExecute key to
that after some time, or will that just cause my problem to return? Thanks
again for your help.

 

[Peter Bungart]

Doug. Thanks for responding, but there was nothing after the fastdetect
line. I think I solved my problem with Wes' suggestion.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Peter;
You bet. Yes, the default value is: autocheck autochk * I believe it will cause your problem
to return if you try to restore it. If you really have a problem chkdsk will run anyway. i.e.
Improper shutdown. If you want to run chkdsk from time to time, which is a good idea (not on every
boot).

Double click My Computer | right click your hard drive | Tools tab | Error-checking | Check Now
button | tick both boxes | You have to reboot to get it to run.

Good Registry backup:
ERUNT The Emergency Recovery Utility NT
NTREGOPT NT Registry Optimizer
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/