checkdisk runs at system boot, every time

Every time I boot the computer it wants to run ckeckdisk on my J drive.
This seagate 120 gig drive is used only for storage of jpg, avi, and mpg
files. If I let it run it never finds any problem. What could be
causing this? This is the same computer that had boot problems
(freezing) last week and I had to do several hard shutdowns. Thanks to
all who helped me then. Any help with this new problem appreciated.

 

| Every time I boot the computer it wants to run ckeckdisk on my J drive.
| This seagate 120 gig drive is used only for storage of jpg, avi, and mpg
| files. If I let it run it never finds any problem. What could be
| causing this? This is the same computer that had boot problems
| (freezing) last week and I had to do several hard shutdowns. Thanks to
| all who helped me then. Any help with this new problem appreciated.
| --

Hey, like, what's your OS, dude?

 

One has to guesstomate.

 

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/197.htm#1

 

| Toolman Tim wrote:
| >
| > Hey, like, what's your OS, dude?
|
| One has to guesstomate.
|
I did enough of that at work last week <g>. Best guess is we have
gremlins...or maybe evil gnomes...in the CAT5 infrastructure...

 

I was walking down the street, minding my own business, when on Sat,

My bet is the goofus has it set to automatically run checkdisk at
every boot, so he has to be using W2K or XP.

 

Sorry. Win XP Pro.
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This "goofus" did not set it to run it at *any* boot, asshole. It
started after a crash.

 

I was walking down the street, minding my own business, when on Sat,

You're the asshat who crashed their system (failing to note that and
the OS in the question) and now it runs checkdisk. Did you even check
to see? Do you know what make of hard drive you're PC is using and did
you download the manufacturer's diagnostic progam to check to see if
the hard drive is ready to fail? Bet not,. d00fus.

 

Did you allow the Scandisk to complete? - if not, then it'll continue to run
at every boot until you do. (it should then retire gracefully - if not, then
post back!)

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--
Hi Noel. Yes, I have let it complete several times and it finds no
problems. Still, it runs again at next boot. It started after several
computer lock-ups (freezes) and I had to power off to get unfrozen.
Thanks for answering.

Win XP Pro
P4 3.4 GHZ HT processor
1024 MB ram

regards,
4D

 

I'd suspect hardware problems, then - most likely your HD!
BACK UP YOUR DATA!!
then download the disk test utility from the manufacturer's website, and
create the boot disk from it - use that to boot the system and test the
drive. See what it says.

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This is one of four internal HDs. It is a seagate 120 GB that I have
been storing pics and movies on for approx four months. It is not a
system drive, storage only. I have already duplicated it to a maxtor
120 GB external drive. Would I still need a boot disk? I've been
thinking about reformatting it and copy the files back from the external
drive. Does that sound like a plan? I have also run all of the
diagnostics from Norton system works and it comes up o.k. I've never
run into a problem like this before. Thank you for your reply.

 

| Noel Paton wrote:
| >
| > I'd suspect hardware problems, then - most likely your HD!
| > BACK UP YOUR DATA!!
| > then download the disk test utility from the manufacturer's website, and
| > create the boot disk from it - use that to boot the system and test the
| > drive. See what it says.
| >
| > --
| > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
| >
| > Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
| > http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
| > http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
| >
| > Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's
| >
| > | > > Noel Paton wrote:
| > >>
| > >> Did you allow the Scandisk to complete? - if not, then it'll continue
to
| > >> run
| > >> at every boot until you do. (it should then retire gracefully - if
not,
| > >> then
| > >> post back!)
| > >>
| > >> --
| > >> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
| > >>
| > >> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
| > >> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
| > >> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
| > >>
| > >> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's
| > >>
| > > --
| > > Hi Noel. Yes, I have let it complete several times and it finds no
| > > problems. Still, it runs again at next boot. It started after
several
| > > computer lock-ups (freezes) and I had to power off to get unfrozen.
| > > Thanks for answering.
| > >
| > > Win XP Pro
| > > P4 3.4 GHZ HT processor
| > > 1024 MB ram
| > >
| > > regards,
| > > 4D
|
| This is one of four internal HDs. It is a seagate 120 GB that I have
| been storing pics and movies on for approx four months. It is not a
| system drive, storage only. I have already duplicated it to a maxtor
| 120 GB external drive. Would I still need a boot disk? I've been
| thinking about reformatting it and copy the files back from the external
| drive. Does that sound like a plan? I have also run all of the
| diagnostics from Norton system works and it comes up o.k. I've never
| run into a problem like this before. Thank you for your reply.
|

Test the drive first! Get the program from Seagate:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/
They have an online test. I've never used it, so I don't know exactly how
effective it is. I've always downloaded the stand-alone software that
creates a bootable floppy disk set, and run the tools from that. Seems to me
that if Windows is running, and the system is connected to the Internet,
it's gonna take a whole lot longer to run the tests than if the computer is
doing only one thing.

 

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Which drive is the scandisk barfing on? - the slave?? or the System Drive?
(sorry - but my news doesn't go back as far as the beginning of the thread)
If the slave, then you should be able to boot to Windows and run Scandisk
within Windows, then run it again in thorough mode - and read the report
afterwards to see what it's done!
I'd ASSumed that we were talking about a single-drive system here.
If your OS is ME or Win 98SE, it's possible that there's some program that's
still writing to the drive at shutdown, and that's why the scandisk is being
activated at next boot - try extending the time to shutdown a little....
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=273017

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I was walking down the street, minding my own business, when on Mon,

If you read the post, you'd notice he said "checkdisk" which is only
used with NT systems.

 

Thanks to all. Problem solved. After running chkdsk several times with
no results, I ran disk doctor from Norton system works pro with the "fix
errors" and "enable free space testing" options checked. After three
subsequent boots, it has not tried to run chkdsk again. Thanks again for
your suggestions.
--


regards,
4D (With fingers
crossed)

 

Good Luck!!

--
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