Windows auto scandisk every boot up time!

[Guest]

Hi all,
I'm using multiple windowsXP SP2 boot with 2 phisical hdd disks, 2 primary
each. Lastnight, I hibenated from windowsXP SP2on my 1st disk. Today, When
turning on the computer, I've selected 2nd disk, it did boot ok. The problem
is when I restarted the computer to change to windowsXP SP2 copy on 1st, it
was unable to resume. I got a message on the screen: (1) Delete hibernation
and restart, (2) Continous restart. Option 2 was always lead to this menu
again and I must do the first. After that, no master I boot from 1st hdd or
2nd hdd windows always do scandisk for all partitions on 1st hdd (all of them
were formated as NTFS) eventhough it doesn't find any problem at all. Could
anybody tell me what's happenned and how to resolve?
Thanks in advance!

 

[Guest]

I gues yuo know this know but yuo should ahve started up from hibernation on
disk #1.

Have yuo allowed chkdsk to complete the scan or do yuo stop it?

You can't get to first menu about "Delete Hibernation"?

 

[Guest]

Try Turning off Hibernation, (also, delete each Hiber-File) for each drive,
boot into next drive, repeat, until all Hibernation is cleared. Reboot. Long
shot, but worth a try.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your replies.

Yes, of course Dixonian69, I have left chkdsk/scandisk running manytime and
it will be ran many more time again and again.

I also have disabled hibernation in all windows copy, this action led
windows to automatically delete hiberfil.sys but it seem not to be the source
of the problem.

Maybe windows had written some thing into "System Volume Information"
folders. I can't access to these folders even I boot from the other disk and
I also can't run scandisk of defragmentation for these volumes in windows,
these two programs always report that windows was accessing these volumes.

The only way I have ever known to solve this problem is format the volumes.
But it doesn't give a completed solution because of taking much time to copy
and copy again and become unable to be done when one of my volume is very
large and containing important documents. So I hope that there is another
better way.

 

[Guest]

So what happens, when you bootup and abort (if you can) chkdsk?

You can get into Windows, because you said you disabled hibernation and
tried to chkdsk and defrag.

So have you tried to boot into 2nd HDD and run defrag and scandisk from
there. Windows should not be active on those volumes if you have booted from
2nd HDD.

System Volume has restrictions on it as far as access (I could explain
workaround) but I don't think this is the problem.

Has to be entries in registry. I'll do some double checking and get back to
you.

 

[Guest]

I have looked at this with someone else.
When you type "chkdsk /r" or otherwise initiate check disk another way
(either way your's is similar), an entry is made in registry.
I have 2 possible entry points. You may not.
The actual entry looks like this that is added: ( doesn't say chkdsk but it
is the associated command used here.)


My registries occur in 2 places:
hklm\system\controlset003\control\sessionmanager\
hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\sessionmanager\

Then look for "BootExecute " on right side
DBL click it.
You should see:
autocheck /r \??\ c: (if it checks both volumes, \D: might also be there)
delete these entries ONLY!!!
DO NOT delete line: autocheck autochk*

Make sure you change entry in both locations if you have them!!

Close regedit.

Should be fixed.





HKLM\SYSTEM\CONTROLSET003\CONTROL\SESSIONMANAGER

 

[Guest]

I have done check follow your guide, Dixonian69, but I found nothing other
than "autocheck autochk*". The problem issued after a try to resume from S4
and occured in all other windows' copies. I didn't do something such as
manual scandisk, defragment or running a system utility. I guess there is
some error with some kind of things called MBR and MFT that windows can found
but cannot correct so it is driven into a loop and run chkdsk again and again.

 

[Guest]

Are you able to boot up to first HDD?
Cancelling Chkdsk if possible.

 

[Guest]

Yes, all windows copy are still able to boot well but I must press a key to
cancel chkdsk everytime. You know, It's a bit of disturbing, bootup time is
so longer now and I also always have an unsafe feeling :-( !

 

[Guest]

Since you have two windows installation, you have 2 registries (one for each)
So you have to boot with 1st HDD and check the registry entries in that
registry for the lines I suggested.

You may have been searching in 2nd HDD registry when you didn't find the
suggested lines.

Like I said several have possible locations. I have:
controlset001
controlset002
controlset003
currentcontrolset

Refer to previous post for suggested changes.

 

[Guest]

so if you did check 1st HDD registry, then check 2nd HDD registry.

 

[Guest]

Oh yes, Dixonian69. I understand what you mean. I have checked them all but
still found nothing. I think it maybe not belong to windows' settings but
related to windows' hdd log or scandisk's tracing data. I just guess that
^_^, I don't have much knowledge about that kind of complex things.

 

[Guest]

So have you tried System Restore?

Maybe ruining chdsk/r from (F8) Safe Mode command prompt?
Maybe manually initiate will cancel out auto feature?

What is "S4"?
try to resume from S4