[busbar]

Hi
for some reason way beyond me chkdsk has started running everytime I switch my pc on. It dosn't show any problems and once it has finished my pc runs fine.

do I have a problem? and if not how do I stop chkdsk running

Thanks

[uhaligani]

Are you comfortable using regedit? Make a backup (File/Export) to be safe.
Have a look here
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
If the BootExecute entry says:

autocheck autochk * /.........
Change it to:To:

autocheck autochk *

[busbar]

I checked as you suggested and the entry reads autocheck autochk *

[uhaligani]

Ok. Then you will have to do it the long way! This is from MS forums. You have what is called a "dirty bit"
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.

[busbar]

After a few typo errors i get "the fsutil utility requires that you have administrative privileges" and I don' know how to get round this.

[uhaligani]

Try right clicking the command prompt and then "run as Administrator"

[07clarkm]

Make sure all connections leading to hard drives are properly seated.

[busbar]

I followed your instructions and it looks like problem solved, chkdsk no longer runs when I start up.

Thank you very much for your help, I really appreciate it.

Sorry for the late reply, I have been away from my pc for a couple of days.