How do I stop auto error checking the hard drive on startup

[Damien]

Something must have happened to my hard drive and without me wanting it to
XP was doing a consistency check and I found the this check had deleted
files.

Is there a way of stopping XP Pro from doing an error checking a hard drive
when it boots up.

Thanks

[Gerry Cornell]

Damien

You need to find out why Error Checking is automatically occurring not stop
it
happening.

I would try HD Tune (freeware).
Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on C:\ under Drive letter
and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message.

Also do a full surface scan with HD Tune.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Damien" > wrote in message
.. .
> Something must have happened to my hard drive and without me wanting it to
> XP was doing a consistency check and I found the this check had deleted
> files.
>
> Is there a way of stopping XP Pro from doing an error checking a hard
> drive when it boots up.
>
> Thanks
>

[WTC]

"Damien" > wrote in message
.. .
> Something must have happened to my hard drive and without me
> wanting it to XP was doing a consistency check and I found the
> this check had deleted files.
>
> Is there a way of stopping XP Pro from doing an error checking
> a hard drive when it boots up.

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

Perform method three first to check for a damage hard drive or file system.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

[Damien]

Hello, Thanks for the replies.

Chkdsk can do more damage if it encounters a problem with a hard drive.

I really would like to stop the Chkdsk all together if possible.

Thanks


"WTC" > wrote in message
...
> "Damien" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Something must have happened to my hard drive and without me
>> wanting it to XP was doing a consistency check and I found the
>> this check had deleted files.
>>
>> Is there a way of stopping XP Pro from doing an error checking
>> a hard drive when it boots up.
>
> Chkdsk.exe or Autochk.exe starts when you try to shut down or restart your
> computer
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831426
>
> Perform method three first to check for a damage hard drive or file
> system.
>
> --
> William Crawford
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>