Cant Dfrag because CHKDSK/AUTOCHK is scheduled

Xplo · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:19

Hi all

AUTOCHK/CHKDSK is scheduled for my pc on bootup, however, when trying to autochk it says cannot find chkdsk file blah blah and decides not to bother doing a chkdsk, continuing to boot windows.

I then try to defrag, and it says i cant defrag until i chkdsk, however i cant chkdsk as it wont let me.

How do i get around this pickle? Ive heard about doing regedit commands to disable chkdsk, i tired but it didnt work.

Any suggestions, maybe suggest the regedit again as i may have done it wrong, anything you can think of il try as the pc needs a defrag desperately!

Ta

Capt Doufos · 26 Oct 2006 at 16:29

There is a file in the windows directory called bootstat.dat This is used to trigger the failsafe menu when windows fails to start. Not sure if it is also used to schedule the chkdsk.

Anyway... Worth a go. Rename it to .old or somthing and reboot, see if it still tries to do a chkdsk.

J.B · 26 Oct 2006 at 16:45

cant find checkdisk? is there anything clever with your drive?like its been remapped at some point?, have you tried running chkdsk through cmd?

Xplo · 26 Oct 2006 at 18:03

Dont really want to be modyfying systems files unless your absolutely certain, sorry.. its just becuase ive lost my XP cd so cant correct if anything goes wrong!

Nope nothing wrong with my drive, havent formatted in like 3 years so i think just over time the file used for autochk/chkdsk has just become corrupt or lost/damaged. Not enitrely fussed about having the chkdsk feature, just want to disable it or whatever so im able to defrag!

bikes · 26 Oct 2006 at 18:58

Try installing a 3rd party defrager like Diskeeper etc, this might then bypass the autochk/chkdsk

hybrid · 26 Oct 2006 at 23:36

It probably wants you to reboot your machine as it has a full system scan ready to run.

For example, if your machine crashes and when you start it up you are presented with the checking disk diag. You can skip it by pressing any key to continue. Next time that happens, let it scan.

Then you should be able to run defrag.

TrUz · 27 Oct 2006 at 00:29

Search you file system for 'chkdsk.exe' - it should live in system32.

Truz

bledd · 27 Oct 2006 at 00:45

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

number 82

Xplo · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:07

TrUz said:
Search you file system for 'chkdsk.exe' - it should live in system32.

Truz

Wht do i do then? Delete it?

Tried diskeeper doesnt matter *** defrag software it wont work.

I do boot my machine, and quite happy to let it run, but it wont run!