Computer startup question/problem

Adagio · October 26, 2003, 15:26

Does there exist a way to avoid the startup of scandisc whenever I start the computer?

Lately my computer has always started up doing a scandisc on my D drive, even though windows was closed correctly. I always let scandisc finish thes scan, but it never finds errors anyway...

This is getting quite annoying, and makes my windows startup time take a VERY long time

Koyaanisqatsi · October 26, 2003, 15:59

There's a fix for this at regedit.com...I don't remember it right now, though.

Adagio · November 20, 2003, 11:07

Nobody else who remember how to do this?

Tiberius · November 20, 2003, 12:24

Windows 98SE ?

start - run - msconfig

Select the General tab and click the Advanced button

- check "Disable Scandisk after a Bad Shutdown"

Adagio · November 20, 2003, 12:43

Nope, Windows XP

alva · November 20, 2003, 13:10

Works on XP too

But it's called startup

Adagio · November 20, 2003, 13:15

Can't find it in Startup

Caligastia · November 20, 2003, 13:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Tiberius
Windows 98SE ?

start - run - msconfig

Select the General tab and click the Advanced button

- check "Disable Scandisk after a Bad Shutdown"

Sounds like a good workaround, but whatever is wrong will still be there.

ADG - Do you have all the latest critical updates/service packs installed?

Adagio · November 20, 2003, 14:04

Yes I have...

SpencerH · November 20, 2003, 14:45

Two things occur to me

1. it could be the first signs of a HD meltdown

->make back-ups now

2. What about a program (illicit perhaps) continuing to run in the background so that even though XP says shut down it still runs and the drive doesnt shut down properly.

Adagio · November 20, 2003, 17:40

1) Well... it's a brand new HD (Maxtor), so I doubt that's the problem... I guess it has something to do with the fact it's a External HD

2) Never heard about it, but will take a look at it tomorow...

SpencerH · November 20, 2003, 18:12

I'm thinking of trojan horses or spyware. I've never had any so I cant say whether there are any weird shutdown effects.

Is it a USB drive? If not, maybe you need to turn it off in the correct sequence relative to the desktop?

Promethus · November 20, 2003, 21:07

Until you find te fix for this problem do this. When Scandisk starts just hit the Escape key and the system will boot normaly. I have and externial HD on USB w/XP Home Edition and don't have this problem. The person to my right has a externial HD in Firewire w/XP Pro and does not have this problem.

Tiberius · November 21, 2003, 02:28

If it was Win98, I wouldn't worry to use the workaround, only because "whatever is wrong will still be there". Of course there is, the OS

However, since you're using XP, I have to agree with the others. There must be some problem with your system. I have never had or heard of shutdown or startup problems with XP.

Btw, the program is called chkdsk in XP, not scandisk. So when you search for it (in the startup tab, for ex) look for chkdsk.exe

You could try to start your computer in Safe Mode, then Shut Down, start again and see if the problem does occur again. If not, it must be a program/process running in the background and not allowing the OS to shutdown the hdd. If the problem persists, uhh, I don't know. I will try to search for a possible solution.

Tiberius · November 21, 2003, 03:03

OK, here's what you can do to:

1. Backup your registry!
2. run - regedit
3. In the registry, go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Control\Session Manager
4. Check the value of the BootExecute key. It should be " autocheck autochk * " . Change it to this value if there is something else there.

For example, it could be: "chkdsk autochk * /r", which schedules chkdsk to be run on the next system reboot.

Alternatively, you could simply delete this key's value. (not the key, just the value of it; right click -> modify ), but then chkdsk will never run at startup.

5. If the BootExecute value was OK, then edit (or create) the following key:
name: AutoChkTimeOut
data type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: 0 (to disable; this is the time in seconds; default=10)
Do this only if 4) didn't solve your problem.

If the BootExecute registry did contain the "/r \device" switch, then you probably don't have problems; chkdsk was just scheduled to run every time. Otherwise, this is not a solution to your problem, just a way to stop chkdsk from running every time.

Tiberius · November 21, 2003, 03:32

Btw: support.microsoft.com

Adagio · November 21, 2003, 06:59

Thx, though it was set correctly in startup, but I tried to create the AutoChk key. Hope it works... will find out tomorow

Btw, I have the HD connected in FireWire... I can't startup my computer if I've got anything connected in USB

Tiberius · November 21, 2003, 07:21

What is your boot sequence in the BIOS setup?

Adagio · November 21, 2003, 07:32

Don't remember, it's been a while since I last checked the BIOS, and can't check now... if I remember, I'll check later

/me starts writing a note to self, in case he forgets...

Tiberius · November 21, 2003, 07:51

I think it would be easier if you used an internal IDE hdd for Windows and the external one to walk your data.

Urban Ranger · November 21, 2003, 10:53

True dat.

Adagio · November 21, 2003, 14:10

There's several reasons why I chose an external HD... Don't want to talk about why though...

Urban Ranger · November 21, 2003, 23:28

The only real reason is you want to be able to use it on a number of different computers.

*calls the M$ anti-piracy hotline

Adagio · November 22, 2003, 06:54

Nope, there also were another reason

...though I guess you're partly right

Adagio · November 22, 2003, 06:58

Quote:

Originally posted by Tiberius
5. If the BootExecute value was OK, then edit (or create) the following key:
name: AutoChkTimeOut
data type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: 0 (to disable; this is the time in seconds; default=10)
Do this only if 4) didn't solve your problem.

I tried this, but it did as I thought it would: The timer was simply just set down to 0 seconds, which means it started right away...

I just deleted the info in the first mentioned key... hope it'll work

Snotty · November 22, 2003, 09:30

OT but I just did something by accident that Im trying recreate. I was moving my laptop, I may have hit a few keys or clicked the mouse a bit and when I looked back at my screen 4 of the windows had organized themselves perfectly in the corners to split the screen up 4 ways. What did I do?