Tip: How to cancel a repeating chkdsk at boot
 

Hi All,

I had a customer yesterday with a crashed Windows Nein,
oops Windows Ten update. I did my magic and got him
back to norm. The last thing that did to work
was a constant chkdsk at bot, due to a dirty NTFS flag.

Now this information is indeed all over the web, but I am
posting it here because I get straight to the point
(I am not paid by the word).

By the way chkdsk is "suppose" to clear the dirty flag, but
doesn't always work.

-T

Here are my notes:


To stop a scheduled or repeating chkdsk at boot:

Reference:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/check-...tartup-windows


1) modify the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session
Manager\BootExecute

change
autocheck autochk * /r\DosDevice\C:
to
autocheck autochk *


2) If it is already set that way, the NTFS dirty flag may be set.

Windows: to check the dirty flag:
fsutil dirty query g:


Windows: presuming the issue is with the C: drive:
Note: must be run from an Administrators CMD shell:
CHKNTFS /X C:

Linux:
# ntfsfix -d device (/dev/sda1)

Tip: How to cancel a repeating chkdsk at boot
 

T wrote:
Hi All,

I had a customer yesterday with a crashed Windows Nein,
oops Windows Ten update. I did my magic and got him
back to norm. The last thing that did to work
was a constant chkdsk at bot, due to a dirty NTFS flag.

Now this information is indeed all over the web, but I am
posting it here because I get straight to the point
(I am not paid by the word).

By the way chkdsk is "suppose" to clear the dirty flag, but
doesn't always work.

-T

Here are my notes:


To stop a scheduled or repeating chkdsk at boot:

Reference:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/check-...tartup-windows


1) modify the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session
Manager\BootExecute

change
autocheck autochk * /r\DosDevice\C:
to
autocheck autochk *


2) If it is already set that way, the NTFS dirty flag may be set.

Windows: to check the dirty flag:
fsutil dirty query g:


Windows: presuming the issue is with the C: drive:
Note: must be run from an Administrators CMD shell:
CHKNTFS /X C:

Linux:
# ntfsfix -d device (/dev/sda1)

Yes, somebody figured out where the Dirty bit is
stored, so we no longer have to be held hostage :-)

Note that Linux, on some operations, sets the Dirty bit
on purpose, with the intention of forcing an invocation of
CHKDSK when Windows runs. So that bit does get a good workout
at times.

Paul

Tip: How to cancel a repeating chkdsk at boot
 

On 02/16/2018 12:36 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:

Yes, somebody figured out where the Dirty bit is
stored, so we no longer have to be held hostage :-)

Note that Linux, on some operations, sets the Dirty bit
on purpose, with the intention of forcing an invocation of
CHKDSK when Windows runs. So that bit does get a good workout
at times.

Â*Â* Paul


Ya, Clonezilla always sets the dirty bit. And
I think I have seen it on gparted too when your
expand partitions.

Tip: How to cancel a repeating chkdsk at boot
 

In message , T writes:
Hi All,

I had a customer yesterday with a crashed Windows Nein,
oops Windows Ten update. I did my magic and got him
back to norm. The last thing that did to work
was a constant chkdsk at bot, due to a dirty NTFS flag.

Now this information is indeed all over the web, but I am
posting it here because I get straight to the point
(I am not paid by the word).
[]
Not quite: you often insert your "Windows Nein, oops Windows Ten update"
line before you get to the point. (I've just seen it twice in as many
minutes.)

(-:
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

" ... but ... on the sub-ether radio, [it said] you're dead!"
"Yeah, that's right, I just haven't stopped moving yet." (link episode)

Tip: How to cancel a repeating chkdsk at boot
 

On 02/16/2018 04:28 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Not quite: you often insert your "Windows Nein, oops Windows Ten update"
line before you get to the point. (I've just seen it twice in as many
minutes.)

I can't resist.

It was my notes that go to the point.

When I see How To's on the Internet that are
several pages long that could be summarized
in three sentence, it drive me nuts, especially
digging around for the actual information