I'm trying to run CHKDSK on my C: drive, and naturally it can't get exclusive
access to the drive. So, i schedule it to run on next system restart. I
restart the system, and nothing happens. My defragmenting utility reports
that CHKDSK is scheduled to run at next startup. Because of that, it can't
defragment the drive, which is really fragmented. CHKDSK runs on all other
drives, even at boot-time. Just not C: what's wrong, and how do i turn off
CHKDSK from scanning at boot time?

Before running chkdsk it can help to run Disk CleanUp in all user
profiles to remove temporary internet files and to empty the Recycle
Bin.

Try HD Tune (freeware). Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on C:\ under Drive letter
and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.

Also do a full surface scan with HD Tune.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"prince1142003" <prince1142003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B1A7213-07E5-46F3-883B-5EC57DD59530@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to run CHKDSK on my C: drive, and naturally it can't get
> exclusive
> access to the drive. So, i schedule it to run on next system restart. I
> restart the system, and nothing happens. My defragmenting utility reports
> that CHKDSK is scheduled to run at next startup. Because of that, it can't
> defragment the drive, which is really fragmented. CHKDSK runs on all other
> drives, even at boot-time. Just not C: what's wrong, and how do i turn off
> CHKDSK from scanning at boot time?

run chkdsk from command prompt
OR
use the drive's tool tab under properties in my computer or windows explorer.

"prince1142003" wrote:

> I'm trying to run CHKDSK on my C: drive, and naturally it can't get exclusive
> access to the drive. So, i schedule it to run on next system restart. I
> restart the system, and nothing happens. My defragmenting utility reports
> that CHKDSK is scheduled to run at next startup. Because of that, it can't
> defragment the drive, which is really fragmented. CHKDSK runs on all other
> drives, even at boot-time. Just not C: what's wrong, and how do i turn off
> CHKDSK from scanning at boot time?

HD Tune: WDC WD1600JB-00HUA0 Information

Firmware version : 15.05R15
Serial number : WD-WMAM51076555
Capacity : 149.0 GB (~160.0 GB)
Buffer size : 8192 KB
Standard : ATA/ATAPI-6
Supported mode : UDMA Mode 5 (Ultra ATA/100)
Current mode : UDMA Mode 5 (Ultra ATA/100)

S.M.A.R.T : yes
48-bit Address : yes
Read Look-Ahead : yes
Write Cache : yes
Host Protected Area : yes
Device Configuration Overlay : yes
Automatic Acoustic Management: yes
Power Management : yes
Advanced Power Management : no
Power-up in Standby : no
Security Mode : yes
Firmware Upgradable : yes

Partition : 1
Drive letter : C:\
Label :
Capacity : 29996 MB
Usage : 74.85%
Type : NTFS
Bootable : Yes

Partition : 2
Drive letter : D:\
Label :
Capacity : 122628 MB
Usage : 15.35%
Type : NTFS
Bootable : No

---------------------------------------------
HD Tune: WDC WD1600JB-00HUA0 Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 200 197 51 0 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 124 107 21 4333 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 99 99 40 1608 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 199 199 140 1 Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 200 200 51 0 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 92 92 0 6460 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 51 0 Ok
(0B) Calibration Retry Count 100 100 51 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 99 99 0 1407 Ok
(C2) Temperature 110 253 0 40 Ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 199 199 0 1 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 200 200 0 5 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 200 200 0 4 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 253 0 0 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 200 155 51 0 Ok

Power On Time : 6460
Health Status : Ok
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is the info from HDTune. but, my problem is not with my hard drive, i
have a second partition on that same one, and CHKDSK runs fine on it. But it
won't run during boot on my Windows partition (C. it's scheduled to run,
however it won't ever run! is there a way i can disable this schedule? i have
other disk management utilities that can't run because CHKDSK is scheduled to
run.

What message is CHKDSK displaying when it is told to run at boot and you
reboot your system?

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Want to email me? Delete ntloader.


"prince1142003" <prince1142003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B1A7213-07E5-46F3-883B-5EC57DD59530@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to run CHKDSK on my C: drive, and naturally it can't get
exclusive
> access to the drive. So, i schedule it to run on next system restart. I
> restart the system, and nothing happens. My defragmenting utility reports
> that CHKDSK is scheduled to run at next startup. Because of that, it can't
> defragment the drive, which is really fragmented. CHKDSK runs on all other
> drives, even at boot-time. Just not C: what's wrong, and how do i turn off
> CHKDSK from scanning at boot time?

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Report in the System log
over the last 2 days and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"prince1142003" <prince1142003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F9F6B923-E291-4226-B7FA-A9535107C472@microsoft.com...
> HD Tune: WDC WD1600JB-00HUA0 Information
>
> Firmware version : 15.05R15
> Serial number : WD-WMAM51076555
> Capacity : 149.0 GB (~160.0 GB)
> Buffer size : 8192 KB
> Standard : ATA/ATAPI-6
> Supported mode : UDMA Mode 5 (Ultra ATA/100)
> Current mode : UDMA Mode 5 (Ultra ATA/100)
>
> S.M.A.R.T : yes
> 48-bit Address : yes
> Read Look-Ahead : yes
> Write Cache : yes
> Host Protected Area : yes
> Device Configuration Overlay : yes
> Automatic Acoustic Management: yes
> Power Management : yes
> Advanced Power Management : no
> Power-up in Standby : no
> Security Mode : yes
> Firmware Upgradable : yes
>
> Partition : 1
> Drive letter : C:\
> Label :
> Capacity : 29996 MB
> Usage : 74.85%
> Type : NTFS
> Bootable : Yes
>
> Partition : 2
> Drive letter : D:\
> Label :
> Capacity : 122628 MB
> Usage : 15.35%
> Type : NTFS
> Bootable : No
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> HD Tune: WDC WD1600JB-00HUA0 Health
>
> ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
> (01) Raw Read Error Rate 200 197 51 0 Ok
> (03) Spin Up Time 124 107 21 4333 Ok
> (04) Start/Stop Count 99 99 40 1608 Ok
> (05) Reallocated Sector Count 199 199 140 1 Ok
> (07) Seek Error Rate 200 200 51 0 Ok
> (09) Power On Hours Count 92 92 0 6460 Ok
> (0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 51 0 Ok
> (0B) Calibration Retry Count 100 100 51 0 Ok
> (0C) Power Cycle Count 99 99 0 1407 Ok
> (C2) Temperature 110 253 0 40 Ok
> (C4) Reallocated Event Count 199 199 0 1 Ok
> (C5) Current Pending Sector 200 200 0 5 Ok
> (C6) Offline Uncorrectable 200 200 0 4 Ok
> (C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 253 0 0 Ok
> (C8) Write Error Rate 200 155 51 0 Ok
>
> Power On Time : 6460
> Health Status : Ok
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This is the info from HDTune. but, my problem is not with my hard drive, i
> have a second partition on that same one, and CHKDSK runs fine on it. But
> it
> won't run during boot on my Windows partition (C. it's scheduled to run,
> however it won't ever run! is there a way i can disable this schedule? i
> have
> other disk management utilities that can't run because CHKDSK is scheduled
> to
> run.