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From: Edward W. Thompson (thomeduk1_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 05/10/04 

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 12:34:30 +0100

I am having problems with my machine (WinXP Pro+SP1) and have tried to run
"chkdsk" to diagnose the trouble I am having. If I enter "chkdsk /f" in the
run box the program runs in a dos box. If I enter the same when in "safe
mode" a dos box opens with the message to the effect that "chkdsk" will run
at next boot up which is the message I would expect when in "normal" mode.
Further, if I enter "chkdsk c: \f" in the run box when in normal mode the
program does not respond.

I have run sfc \scannow in an attempt to "fix" the problem.

With regards to the problem I am having, the machine has begun to "lockup"
which requires a cold reboot to fix. A further problem is while using a
program (any program) I am unable to access the menu is the menu bar.
Clicking on any of the menus does nothing, no drop down of the menu bar.
Closing the program and restarting does not help and the same problem exists
if I open another program. I need to cold boot to fix the problem.

What seems to be strange is the CPU usage (task manager) always seems to be
about 25% even without any input by me into the machine i.e. I can leave the
machine idle for 5-10 minutes and Task Manager will still show 25% CPU
usage.

I have scanned for viruses using my resident AV program (NOD32) and using
the Trend online program. Have defragged (Perfectdisk), run Adaware and
Spybot Search and Destroy and "cleaned" the Registry using System Mechanic.

Any suggestions?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Comparison of NTFS/MFT recovery software?
    ... ChkDsk is inadequate and IMO is unfit for use, ... If it is not allowed to "fix" automatically, ... What you want is the ability to *interactively* check the file system, ... ChkDsk is NOT a data recovery tool, and has no right to presume to be ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: Comparison of NTFS/MFT recovery software?
    ... ChkDsk is inadequate and IMO is unfit for use, ... If it is not allowed to "fix" automatically, ... What you want is the ability to *interactively* check the file system, ... ChkDsk is NOT a data recovery tool, and has no right to presume to be ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: Comparison of NTFS/MFT recovery software?
    ... ChkDsk is inadequate and IMO is unfit for use, ... If it is not allowed to "fix" automatically, ... What you want is the ability to *interactively* check the file system, ... ChkDsk is NOT a data recovery tool, and has no right to presume to be ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: What is the MFT?
    ... My system is all screwed up and when I ran CHKDSK /f it didn't fix ... 221325420 KB available on disk. ... 55331355 allocation units available on disk. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: The parameter is incorrect
    ... fix the autocheck line in config.sys to include it. ... If it is a JFS volume, unmount it and run jfschk32, from the 'free jfs tools', on it, preferably from your backup boot of OS/2. ... Regular chkdsk does not fix this either, ...
    (comp.os.os2.networking.misc)