Disable CHKDSK???

[vaio]

Does anyone know how to disable CHKDSK in windows, or through dos?? Thanks.

[lescar]

Are you talking about Scan Disk, it comes up after the computer has been shut down improperly, like when you turn power off without shutting Windows down first.

[vaio]

YES!! But the thing is, it does it every time that i reboot. And what makes things more annoying is that it takes takes like 1 minute to load it up, then after i escape, it takes like 4 minutes to load up windows. I reformatted and the same crap keeps coming. PLEASE HELP!

[lescar]

When you reboot, are you doing it through windows or just turning off power. also what version of Windows are you running. I’m running XP home and looking of a way now.

EDIT: Sorry, just went though all the setup and options I could on mine and couldn’t fine where to turn it off, I don’t think it can, I believe it's in the programming but maybe some else here may know.

[vaio]

I read that you have to rename the autochk.exe file, but when I did that, then rebooted it still checkd, I am gonna try one more restore, if it doesnt work, i will get a new HD and use the old one as another storage drive.

[lescar]

Have tried letting it go through the whole Scan Disk, there may be something in window that says it never completed so it keep trying.

[vaio]

ye

[cabe777]

don't know which OS you're running, but this may help...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;IT;160963

[cabe777]

may also want to look at event viewer to see if at shutdown or startup anything is giving a warning or error, try booting to safe mode and restarting, try removing any USB devices that are attached to your system, and or any unnecessary hardware that you may have recently installed. If the drive itself is bad, and that is what is causing the chkdsk to start everytime, I wouldn't bother using it for storage, that's like begging to lose your stuff. you could also try booting, letting your system finish loading everything, and then manually shutting down any processes and services that aren't necessary to run, then try shutting down. Is it different if you select "restart" or "shutdown" and then power on? hmmm... you could also try using your system tools and defragmenting your drive, which will let you know if there are a lot of bad sectors ( a few is not much, I think it's pretty common) Also, running scandisk from windows will search for bad sectors and attempt to repair them... lots of stuff I'd try before spending the money on a new drive... hope there's some new ideas here for you to try, good luck!