As of recently my computer would frequently try to do a chkdsk scan when the computer is turned on or schedule one when I try to defrag my harddrive. I have a 160GB Western digital harddrive with XP installed on no partitions. I figured it may something to do with the large graphic files I move around and the system restore back up that I already disabled. Device manager says the hardware is working properly so I don't really know what is causing the problem now. Any enlightenment on the issue is much appreciated, these chkdsk scans are getting really annoying. Thanks
Hi Xylent, This happens when the "dirty bit" that determines if the volume has to be checked for some reason keeps on. The way to solve it is boot from the XP cd and selec "boot with recovery console", then execute: chkdsk /r /f Or use the tool chkntfs.exe that was designed to turn off the automatic run of chkdsk in volumes. Hope this helps, Luis. "Xylent" wrote in message news:FC8368D1-D375-4BB3-9D09-F0D8C53B209A@microsoft.com... > As of recently my computer would frequently try to do a chkdsk scan when > the > computer is turned on or schedule one when I try to defrag my harddrive. I > have a 160GB Western digital harddrive with XP installed on no partitions. > I > figured it may something to do with the large graphic files I move around > and > the system restore back up that I already disabled. Device manager says > the > hardware is working properly so I don't really know what is causing the > problem now. > > Any enlightenment on the issue is much appreciated, these chkdsk scans are > getting really annoying. > > > Thanks
Thanks I will try the boot option. "Luis" wrote: > Hi Xylent, > > This happens when the "dirty bit" that determines if the volume has to be > checked for some reason keeps on. > > The way to solve it is boot from the XP cd and selec "boot with recovery > console", then execute: > > chkdsk /r /f > > Or use the tool chkntfs.exe that was designed to turn off the automatic run > of chkdsk in volumes. > > Hope this helps, > > Luis. > > "Xylent" wrote in message > news:FC8368D1-D375-4BB3-9D09-F0D8C53B209A@microsoft.com... > > As of recently my computer would frequently try to do a chkdsk scan when > > the > > computer is turned on or schedule one when I try to defrag my harddrive. I > > have a 160GB Western digital harddrive with XP installed on no partitions. > > I > > figured it may something to do with the large graphic files I move around > > and > > the system restore back up that I already disabled. Device manager says > > the > > hardware is working properly so I don't really know what is causing the > > problem now. > > > > Any enlightenment on the issue is much appreciated, these chkdsk scans are > > getting really annoying. > > > > > > Thanks > > >
