Re: chkdsk causing crash

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:48:52 -0500

Hi Gary,

See if anything here helps and the best of luck:

Check Disk - Disk Checking Runs Upon Boot
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cd 

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All the Best,
Kelly
Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
"Gary Karasik" <gkarasik2fea.net> wrote in message 
news:%23%23IKRTenEHA.3076@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have a client with several XP/Pro Dell 4100s. Running CHKDSK /F on these 
> machines, whether they're SP1 or SP2, causes them to crash on reboot and 
> either go to a blue screen or to rerun CHKDSK in a loop (reboots, runs 
> CHKDSK, reboots, runs CHKDSK). The only way to get the machines to boot 
> into XP is to use Last Known Good.
>
> If I boot to the Recovery Console, I can run CHKDSK /P without problems.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> GaryK
>

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