Thank you, TC, but I did not make myself clear. It does not run chkdsk
every time; it has happened 4 times in the last couple of months without
ever finding any problems. The bit has been reset to "not dirty". I did run
"fsutil dirty query D:" to verify that. I am trying to avoid having to
check the dirty bit every day before I log off. I will make a note of the
"CHKNTFS /X D:" and "Chkdsk /f /r d:" commands for future use. If I (or my
wife) turn on the computer and leave the room while it boots, I want to be
able to escape chkdsk if it starts and run it later at my leisure.
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Don Eagle
To reply personally, drop the Latin "not more"
"Byte" <Byte@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> First click Start> Run> bring up a command prompt by typing in "CMD" and
> type
> " fsutil dirty query d: ". This queries the drive, and more than likely it
> will tell you that it is dirty. Next, type "CHKNTFS /X D:". The X tells
> Windows to NOT check that particular drive on the next reboot. At this
> time,
> manually reboot your computer, it should not do a Chkdsk and take you
> directly to Windows.
> Once Windows has fully loaded, bring up another CMD prompt and now you
> want
> to do a Chkdsk manually by typing "Chkdsk /f /r d:". This should take you
> through 5 stages of the scan and will unset that dirty bit. Finally, type
> "fsutil dirty query d:" and Windows will confirm that the dirty bit is not
> set on that drive. Good luck!
>
> TC
>
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> XP - WNP
> Today is the first day of the
> rest of your life.
>
>
>
> "Donald Eagle" wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to terminate chkdsk after a dirty bit starts it during
>> boot-up? I do know there is about an 8 second window to exit before it
>> starts, but once it starts, is there anything that can be done? It has
>> run
>> about 4 times on my D: disk, but has never found anything, and it takes 3
>> hours to run. I am running XP Home, SP2 with all security updates.
>> --
>> Don Eagle
>> To reply personally, drop the Latin "not more"
>>
>>
>>
