Chk Disk issue on boot SSD

lemonade · 12 Nov 2011 at 22:14

Installed my new Crucial M4 yesterday, it's running on the latest firmware 0009, installed windows 7, but when I boot the machine up it always tries to do a chk disk, which is rather annoying, I haven't done any settings for the SSD to get it optimised, but how do I fix this issue, don't really want any work around's like disabling chkdisk in registry, but a proper fix for whatever the problem is.

Cheers

Philtor · 13 Nov 2011 at 03:45

Did you make sure the SSD was the only drive connected when you installed Windows?

lemonade · 13 Nov 2011 at 14:25

^ yep disconnected my two other drives, might give windows another reinstall when i'm bothered and see if it fixes the issue.

TNGL · 13 Nov 2011 at 14:56

Have you tried removing the 'dirty bit' that chkdsk will create?
This is a guide I've found on another forum:
"Start> Run> bring up a command prompt by typing in “CMD” (make sure it is running elevated.. ie as administrator) and type:-
Code:
fsutil dirty query c:. Press enter. This queries the drive, and more than likely it will tell you that it is dirty. Next, type:-
Code:
CHKNTFS /X c:. Press enter. The X tells Windows to NOT check that particular drive (c) on the next reboot. At this time, manually reboot your computer, it should not do a Chkdsk and take you directly to Windows.
Once Windows has fully loaded, bring up another CMD prompt (elevated) and now you want to do a Chkdsk manually by typing
Code:
Chkdsk /r c:. This should take you through 5 stages of the scan and will unset that dirty bit. "