My daughter's computer is having problems and I told her to run a chkdsk /r. It gets to 67% on step 1 of 5 and stops. Every time she reboots it again tries to run the chkdsk. Is there a way to cancel the scheduled chkdsk that can't seem to complete?
Thanks.
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Re: chkdsk /r
Assuming that you're an Administrator, in a Command Prompt window type
fsutil dirty query c:
This tells you if the "dirty bit" has been set - undoubtedly it has.
Now do
chkntfs /x c:
which will turn off the dirty bit. A reboot should now not include the CHKDSK function.
However, this is only a temporary bodge - if the disk won't complete CHKDSK (say leaving it overnight to see if it gets beyond the 67%) then I'd back up urgently, and prepare to reinstall Windows on a replacement disk.
fsutil dirty query c:
This tells you if the "dirty bit" has been set - undoubtedly it has.
Now do
chkntfs /x c:
which will turn off the dirty bit. A reboot should now not include the CHKDSK function.
However, this is only a temporary bodge - if the disk won't complete CHKDSK (say leaving it overnight to see if it gets beyond the 67%) then I'd back up urgently, and prepare to reinstall Windows on a replacement disk.
John Gray
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Re: chads /r
Thank you. I will have her leave it on all night to see if chkdsk will finish but I am afraid she is going to have to use her "restore CDs" and put it back to it's original condition when she bought it. It appears all her trouble started with a corrupt anti-virus file when it tried to automatically update her machine.
Regards,
hlewton
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Re: chkdsk /r
I wouldn't have said that a corrupt AV file should have affected the file structure or physical condition of the hard disk, but if it won't complete CHKDSK...
John Gray
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Re: chkdsk /r
chkdsk can sometimes take a VERY long time. In my experience it will usually complete if you leave it for long enough, but this could mean several hours - even overnight may not be long enough if there are enough errors.
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