Re: Disc Scan at Startup

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:03:48 -0600

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter. Then type in:
chkntfs /x c: , and hit enter. Reboot your computer.

[This disables CHKDSK from running on drive C:]

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=160963

Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe starts when you try to shut down or restart your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=831426

I would strongly recommend that you convert your FAT32 drive
to NTFS. Here is the procedure:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

[Courtesy of Alex Nichol, MS-MVP]

Make sure to defrag your drive after the conversion is completed. 

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups
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http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx 
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"mario" wrote:
| I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 with Windows XP Pro, Netgear wireless external 
| card, Norton Anitvirus 2005.  Recently it has started to do this when I turn 
| it on: the blue Dell screen comes up and then immediately goes black and a 
| white scan bar appears (with no text anywhere) at the bottom.  It takes 
| about 8 minutes to scan halfway through the bar then zips through the rest 
| and goes into a blue screen that wants to check the disc for continuity.  I 
| can opt to cancel this by hitting any key within 10 seconds, or let it scan 
| and it takes another 10 min or so to finish.  When done it says the file is 
| Fat32, Volume Serial #1046-82AC but no report of anything wrong.  Then the 
| Windows password box comes up and I can log on.  I cannot get out of the 
| black screen w/white bar - I've tried delete,cont-alt-del, esc,nothing lets 
| me out and there is no text saying what it is doing - the noise it makes 
| sounds like a disc scan of some sort.  The blue screen that does the Fat32 
| scan used to come up only when I turned the laptop off with the power button 
| (rarely) - now it comes up always.   Recently I downloaded Spybot which made 
| me empty my 'temp' file and I thought that might be the source of the 
| problem so I uninstalled it (after trying unsuccessfully Spybot's recovery 
| wizard) but the laptop still does the scan at startup.  I don't know if 
| Spybot plays a role in this or not, it's just that that is the most recent 
| thing I've downloaded.  I also tried the Windows System Restore but no 
| matter which date I went to, when I clicked on 'next' in the restore wizard, 
| nothing happened.    System Configuration Utility is set to Normal Startup 
| Mode.  I also tried the F8 key to start the laptop in the last working 
| configuration but the white scan bar just appeared when I hit 'enter' and 
| ran its course.  When I tried 'safe mode' the screen showed a bunch of 
| System 32 files as the scan came up with no scan bar.  I do not really want 
| to format the laptop, but cannot let it take 15 minutes to start up - is 
| there anything I can try to eliminate this 'scanning' at power-up and get it 
| back to its 'normal'?  I would appreciate any thoughts / ideas on this!
| 
| Thank you.
| Falling asleep at Startup,
| Alicia
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