Re: can't schedule C: chkdsk run

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Backup your necessary files.

When you ran chkdsk c: /f from a command prompt, after running did you type
in Y and then enter to enable chkdsk to run during the next boot?

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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"Tom Horsley" <tom.horsley@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have the feeling that something is going bad with my hard
> disk. The system hangs forever at "Saving Your Settings" when
> I try to shutdown or reboot, It hangs when I try to run
> Windows Update, and if I try to schedule a chkdsk run on C:
> it claims to have scheduled it, but when I reboot, nothing
> happens (other than booting, that is). It almost acts like
> the registry has become read-only.
>
> Is there some way I can boot that will allow me to manually run
> chkdsk on C:?
>
> Or am I better off just assuming the disk is on its way to
> the junkpile, do one last backup while I can, and reinstall
> windows from scratch? (Its been a few years since the last
>


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