How can i load at boot-time xp's checkdisk (chkdsk)?What does the OS modifies so that disk check can start when I reboot. (the same when you right click on partition -> props -> tools -> check disk)?
View 3 RepliesEach reboot starts with scan of fat32 and checks for errors on file system c:/says Removing trailing entries from system volume - restore It then says entries have been checked and fixed ,says windows will now start up then does the acer screen, then windows xp screen loads then it cuts back to scandisk again. I could reformat with the original installation disk, but the owner of this computer wants heaps of files and photos and things off the harddrive first, so i want to see if i can fix without loosing her data.
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy system crashed a couple of times this week and automatically ran the checkdisk function. Where is the report kept, if it is kept at all. Am I able to see it? The checkdisk page runs so fast that there is no way of reading the errors it has found. If I run the function myself from: Local Disk:C/Properties/Tools/Error-checking Automatically fix is there some way to specify a destination or log under which this report can be kept?
View 2 Replies View Relatedwhen i run chdisk for errors in win 2000 by right clicking the hard drive icon and then clicking properties of c: harddrive, then tools tab, then click the check now button, and in the check disk options ticking "automatically fix file system errors" and clicking ok I get this message "The disk check could not be performed because exclusive access to the drive could not be obtained. Do you want to schedule the disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer."If i chose yes to that above it performs the diskcheck at reboot and when windows loads i go back to the checkdisk and i get the same problem again.
View 3 Replies View RelatedComputer is suddenly running chk disk at bootup - anyone know why that would suddenly start to happen. I don't know how to even enable it - and really want to disable it. How do I do that? No errors are reported when it finishes. Also if I go to error checking when windows finally boots, it won't run because certain system files cannot be accessed.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhen I boot up my computer, I get several messages from Windows which read this way: "[insert file with a .exe extension here] - Corrupt File The file or directory C:WINDOWSsystem32UACmqiemusiwu.dll is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility." This message comes up every time that I try to run an executable file and seems to prevent some of them from running altogether. I can run Chkdsk in Safe Mode, but after it completes file verification it says "Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read only mode." I have a virus (Total Security 2009) that is preventing the computer from displaying the command prompt in regular mode, but the programs that I need to get ride of the virus are all executable and cant be installed because of this glitch. Any help with what this file UACmqiemusiwu.dll is or how to fix it would be great. I've tried deleting it, but the computer won't let me because it is corrupt and unreadable.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am running Windows XP Homedition. I have two drives inside, the regular C: drive and I have a Slave drive F: with all my photos and music and documents. The problem I'm having is that everytime I restart or reboot my system it say it needs to check F: drive for consistency. It haven't been doing that until now. Then once it goes through that the system comes up. I try to click on an icon like my internet or registry program, nothing comes up, its like a read only file or something. Its not executing the program. THEN all of a sudden I get a blue screen. It says this::"Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacture for driver updates. try changing video adapters. "Check with your hardware vendor for aany BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use SAFE mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advance SStartup options, and then select Safe Mode."
View 1 Replies View RelatedFor some reason System Restore has stopped automatically creating System Checkpoints. It is turned on, and is set to use the Maximum amount of space for monitoring my C drive. Yes, there is a great deal of unused disk space. I had used Disk Cleanup/ More Options/System Restore Cleanup prior to the problem, only that one option, not any of the other Disk Cleanup options. So, I have no earlier Restore Points to restore to, only the ones which I have Manually created since.
View 8 Replies View RelatedSystem automatically restarts, if i disable restarts.Blue screen appears and informing to check for harddisk errors by run-chkdsk /f.But still i cannot clear my problem because check disk is not working when system restarts.
For a whole month now I have carefully set up the new notebook described below after successfully, but laboriously, running a 1997 Dell PII300-SCSI 128-SDRAM Win98SE system for 8 years. I've now reached a point where I need help on several issues from some of you who are far ahead of me when it comes to running a modern system. There are no major problems so far, just some minor performance issues and a few questions in areas in which I know little or nothing.
One instance of a freeze (when running Norton Speed Disk) which turned out to be a bad cluster and was repaired by ChkDsk. One instance of stalling @ the "windows is shutting down" window (shutdown only). There have been two instances of noticeable decline in peak performance: A.) after installing Norton System Works. I immediately uninstalled Go Back, which really helped, and B.) after replacing one of the installed 256mb sticks of RAM with a 1GB stick from Crucial. I only mention this because I deliberately delayed installation until maximium system performance had been consistently sustained. [This is nothing major, just a slight delay and/or menus briefly going blank when starting some programs and a slight delay in application reaction time, which usually manifests itself at the start of sessions, and late sluggishness in long sessions] I only mention this in the event that I'm wrong and can be corrected, because I believe this must be a coincidence and not due to the hardware (unless there is a setting or something in Windows that needs changing to accommodate the additional RAM) - and the solution to regaining peak performance lies in Windows and/or Norton System Works....
I am trying to run Defrag which I have in the past, but when I try now, I get the following message:Disk defragmentor has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume C. Please run chkdsk / f.
View 6 Replies View Relatedhave a PC running XP Home SP2.According to the Microsoft URL below, it is advisable to run Check Disk
weekly if you use your PC daily, and Disk Defrag monthly, although more often in certain circumstances. Does that sound like a good time schedule? I realize there is no "official".
I always have errors reported on my hard drive, even after chkdsk /f and /f/r."Freespace marked as allocated in the volume bitmap". Why does it never go away? Windows XP Pro with all of the updates. Machine runs fine.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI was wondering if you gurus can give me some direction.I run a Specials Menu on a large LCD TV at a restaurant using powerpoint. There are two specials files (lunch.pps and dinner.pps)When this system reboots, i want a batch file to determine which powerpoint file to open based on what time it is.ON BOOTUP: For instance, if it's anywhere between 11am and 3pm, open the lunch file. If its any other time, run the dinner.pps file. Make sense?
Im already running a scheduled tasks application that shuts down one and starts up the other based on what time. This works very well. Problem is, i frequently Remote Desktop into this machine and make changes. Once those changes are made, i have to reboot the system. I then want this batch file to start the appropriate presentation since the scheduled task application only works when it sees 11am or 3pm (as in the example above)I figured since you can determine time and date within a batch file, can't you do an if /then/else type script within a batch? (if its *this time* then load THIS application)
Is there a way to change this XP Home so that there is no need to select a user account from the two that are listed onscreen? One user is on the other side of the US, doesn't use this thing, did once, never will again but the second user account is the one that we use all the time.If it can be set to load up to that account all the time instead of giving an onscreen choice it would be a big help. Turn it on and forget it kind of thing.Courtesy to a family member we wouldn't want to deleted the unused account either just bypass the choices screen and load the same user account all the time.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just installed a new winxp. I also created another account called "my name". Every time I start up my computer, window always load to administration account. So, I have to log off admin. account first and then go to my account.Is there anyway to make window to load automatically to my created accounter at startup instead of admin. account
View 7 Replies View Relatedso what i did was scan for and attempt of bad sectors, when it was done i restarted the computer, then a blue screen pop up reading and checking for errors the last time i check it was on 33% so i was just sitting watching tv and all of the sudden my power for the whole house went out for about couple of min then when i turn on the computer, i tells me if i want to reboot in safe mode or normal, so i pick normal(tried safe mode also same thing happened) when it start loading a blue screen pop up saying A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer if this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen apperas again follow these steps Disable or uninstall ant anti-virus, disck defragmentation or back up utilities. Check your hard drive fongiuration, and check for any updated drives. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI would like to run disk check but each time I schedule it and reboot, the message that I see upon reboot is that disk check has been cancelled. How can I get it to run?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi've been having slow computer problems. lots of generic host errors and some programs that would hang and freeze the computer. i went to the Security area of this site for help. i had no major problems just a lot of startup programs i didn't need.i downloaded two programs to help me with that. then i decided to run defrag. that froze at 3% done. i also tried check disk, i got the screen to restart the computer. it was running fine. i had lots of bad sector stuff in stage 4. i went to bed at 24% next morning it still was at 24%. we left it on and it still would not move. so we restarted. i went and did a few more things, deleting things i no longer wanted and so on. last night i tried check disk again and i went to bed at 20% (tired). this morning there were no bad sector items, but it was still at 20%. i gave it a bit longer, but still nothing.
View 14 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to run a check disk if xp will not work? I had a system that started to give me strange error messages. I mean they were very odd. The last error that came up, said that I did not have a valid copy of xp and would not let me login to the PC. I even tried to login in safe mode, but that did not work. How would I go about fixing this?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have some questions about using checkdisk for xp. How often should you use checkdisk? What kind of errors does it really fix? Also, should you check " automatically fix file system errors" or " scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" or both? Any help would be gladly appreciated!
View 5 Replies View RelatedAfter a recent "Browser hijack" I cannot defrage my hardrive when I do a window appears saying it cannot defrge this volume as Chkdsk is sheduled to run!I have checked Sheduled tasks" and have stopped it from running I have no Idea what else to to.When I start my pc Checkdisk runs gets as far as stage two and stops with a message "checkdisk has stopped due to an unspecific error" when I run checkdisk in cmd window it will scan normaly in read only but if i run it with fix enabled it says "cannot lock current drive" and then offers me the option to run at system start up.
View 14 Replies View RelatedIv started getting strange errors on the computer like: "memory cannot be read/written" in different programs and different situations. I have run memtest86 and there doesn't seem to be a problem with the RAM. I have run a diagnostic from my harddisk maker and it checks out fine. I am suspicious of the hdd because of the following. When i run chkdsk it usually says: Errors found chkdsk cannot continue in read-only mode. I ran a boot-time check, with /r, but still when i boot to windows i get errors in the volume. This does not happen to my 2 non-primary hdds.
View 1 Replies View RelatedOut of the blue I thought it would be a good time to run Scandisk or Checkdisc. I did the usual thing and went to C properties and checked the two options where it said to have CHKDSK run on the next reboot. So after I rebooted I got a brief message that CHKDSK wouldn't run.Then I tried running CHKDSK in command prompt in Windows and it ran fine and reported some problems then it said to run CHKDSK /f and I did but came up with something about the volume is locked and all.So obviously I've got some file problems but what should I do. Run Recovery Console and run CHKDSK in there?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have Win 2000 pro service pack 4. Running on a Sony Viao laptop. Something is screwed up on my C disc; trying to run checkdisk utility. Will only run in "read only" mode. Says I need to set "F" parameter to get out of readonly.How do I set "F" parameter? NOTE: I've tried running chkdsk from the RUN command in windows, also from the command prompt in safe mode. Same message each time.
View 1 Replies View RelatedCheck Disk scans come up OK, I've independently tested the Secondary drive with other drive utilities and it comes up fine. I'd like to unselect CHKDSK at startup. I was thinking it might be in the BOOT.INI file, but am not at home to look.
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhat is the command to run check disk in DOS? We can do that in XP with a regual startup disk right?
View 14 Replies View Relatedmy computer has started to close programs automatically after 5 to 10 minutes. this includes games, java programs and sometimes even norton. im not too sure why this is happening. I recently installed a new fan into my computer with LED lights, could it be because of this?
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy computer automatically reboots itself at 12:20 PM ET every day.
How can i fix this?
I am running a Windows XP Pro SP2 O.S. Whenever my computer boots after some time, the time shown at the extreme right-hand side of the bottom task pane gets automatically reset to a wrong time.
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy computer every now and again makes a churnign sound, freezes and the ngives me a blue screen which says that it is dumping physical memory. I tried to run check disk on the c: drive but a box tells me that 'windows was unable to complete the disk check'.I also noticed that I tried to analyze the disk for defragmenting but nothing happens it simply says that 'disk defragmenter could not start' - I have 23% disk space left (if that means anything).
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