Cannot Run Check Disk on C Drive

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From: aragorn (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 00:14:18 -0700

winXP does the check disk on boot-up before windows loads,
that's by design. Or do you mean it doesn't do anything at
all before coming to the dektop.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have windows xp home edition, and my hard drive is
>partioned into a "D" drive, which is the recovery drive
>and my main "C" drive. The D drive is FAT32 file system,
>while the C drive is NFST. Whenever I try to do a check
>disk on the C drive, after I reboot, it just comes back
to
>the desktop. Any suggestions?
>.
>

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